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Joseph Tyree Sneed III

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1973

Joseph Tyree Sneed III, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Education

  • Southwestern UniversityB.B.A., 1941
  • University of Texas School of LawLL.B., 1947
  • Harvard Law SchoolS.J.D., 1958

Career

U.S. Army staff sergeant, Air Corps, 1942-1946; Faculty, University of Texas Law School, 1947-1957; assistant professor, 1947-1951; associate professor, 1951-1954; professor, 1954-1957; Private practice, Austin, Texas, 1954-1956; Professor of law, Cornell University, 1957-1962; Professor of law, Stanford University, 1962-1971; Dean and professor of law, Duke University, 1971-1973; Deputy attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1973

Biography

Joseph Tyree Sneed III (July 21, 1920 – February 9, 2008) was an American jurist who served as United States Deputy Attorney General and then as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit for nearly 35 years until his death. He was the father of Carly Fiorina, a former CEO of Hewlett-Packard.

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