Irving R. Kaufman

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  1. The Supreme Court and Its Critics

    IRVING R. KAUFMAN is a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which includes New York, Connecticut, and Vermont, to which he was elevated by President Kennedy from the United States District Court upon the recommendation of Judge Learned Hand. As district judge he presided over several prominent civil and criminal trials, among them the Rosenberg atom-spy case, the Apalachin conspiracy, and the New Rochelle segregation case.

  2. The Grand Jury: Sword and Shield

    As District Judge for the Southern District of New York,JUDGE IRVING R. KAUFMANpresided over several prominent civil and criminal trials, among them the Rosenberg atom-spy case, the Apalachin conspiracy, and the New Rochelle segregation case. Last September, he was elevated to the United Stales Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which includes New York, Connecticut, and Vermont.

  3. Sentencing: The Judge's Problem

    A New Yorker by birth, educated at DeWitt Clinton High School and Fordham University, IRVING R. KAUFMANhas been internationally famous since 1951‚ when he pronounced on Julius and Ethel Rosenberg the first peacetime death sentences for espionage in the history of the United States. He was named judge of the United States district court for the southern district of New York in October, 1949, and since then he has established his reputation for fair and firm decisions.