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Wright is recognized for exerting a major influence on the American law of landlord-tenant. Several of his decisions on the D.C. Circuit helped modernize landlord-tenant jurisprudence by incorporating consumer protection principles long accepted in
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on March 8, 1950, and received his commission on March 9, 1950. His service terminated on April 15, 1962, due to elevation to the District of Columbia Circuit.
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for the Eastern District of Louisiana from 1948 to 1949. He was faculty at the Loyola University of New Orleans College of Law from 1950 to 1962.
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doctrine, prohibiting landlords from evicting tenants who raised housing code violations to authorities.
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His service terminated on August 6, 1988, due to his death in the Westmoreland Hills neighborhood of
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During his service with the Eastern District of Louisiana, Wright was an important leader during the
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compromised the "right to equal educational opportunity" for the District's poor and disadvantaged.
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from 1932 to 1936. He was a lecturer at Loyola University New Orleans from 1936 to 1937. He was an
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for the Eastern District of Louisiana from 1937 to 1942 and again from 1945 to 1946. He was a
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to prevent the exploitation of the poor. This is a major decision in the field of
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Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
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Brennan, William J.; Wald, Patricia M.; Parker, Richard; Monroe, Bill (1988).
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United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
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from 1981 to 1987, serving as Chief Judge from 1982 to 1987.
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and previously was a United States district judge of the
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Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy
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Skelly Wright Professorship at 437:on February 2, 1962, to a seat on the 396:on October 21, 1949, to a seat on the 132:March 30, 1962 – June 1, 1986 70:June 1, 1986 – August 6, 1988 1240:Loyola University New Orleans faculty 672:Chairman and Global Managing Partner, 495:Javins v. First National Realty Corp. 428: 419:in 1951. His vigorous enforcement of 417:Louisiana State University Law School 1230:Loyola University New Orleans alumni 1162:Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals 592:, former EVP and General Counsel of 588:, current Executive Director of the 451:Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals 376:, from 1946 to 1948. Wright was the 789: 704:Victoria Radd Rollins, aide to the 538: 527:New York Times Co. v. United States 24: 433:Wright was nominated by President 357:. He was a high school teacher in 25: 1266: 1210:Assistant United States Attorneys 1044:Registry of Judge Wright's papers 1021: 514:Robinson v. 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James Skelly Wright

Senior Judge
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
David L. Bazelon
Carl E. McGowan
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
John F. Kennedy
E. Barrett Prettyman
Douglas H. Ginsburg
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
Harry S. Truman
Wayne G. Borah
Frank Burton Ellis
New Orleans
Louisiana
Bethesda
Maryland
Loyola University New Orleans
PhB
JD
United States circuit judge
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
New Orleans
Louisiana
Bachelor of Philosophy
Loyola University New Orleans
Juris Doctor

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