List of United States federal judges by longevity of service
Автор:
Jesse Russell,Ronald Cohn, 126 стр., издатель:
"Книга по Требованию", ISBN:
978-5-5132-6713-3
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! This is a list of United States federal judges by longevity of service. It is meant to only cover those federal judges who have set records for longevity of service, and is therefore limited to judges who have held served on the federal bench for over 40 years. It is divided up into several categories. One difficulty in determining the length of service for federal judges is the development of senior status. A judge may enter senior status upon completing a certain number of years of active service by a certain age, and may continue in senior status while taking (or being available to take) a much reduced workload. In practice, some judges in senior status have remained very active on the bench, while others have been almost completely inactive. Prior to the establishment of senior status in the 1920s, some federal judges of very advanced age were "active" although effectively retired or unable to perform their duties, as they could not...