Profile of Judge Stephen Reinhardt

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Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Appointed by: President Carter, 1980

Born: March 27, 1931 in New York, New York

Education: Pomona College 1951; JD, Yale 1954

Law Practice: United States Air Force General Counsel's Office (1954-56); O'Melveny & Myers (1958-59); Fogel, Julber, Reinhardt, Rothschild & Feldman (1959-)

Judicial Appointments: Ninth Circuit (1980-present)

Opinions Reported in Appellate Decisions Noted:

• Ninth Circuit recognizes right to die
• Ninth Circuit discusses speech rights of public employees in two cases
• Ninth Circuit strikes down California's term limits initiative
• Ninth Circuit explores employees' privacy interest in connection with medical examinations
• Arbitration clause in broker's employment contract does not bar Title VII lawsuit
• No qualified immunity for warrantless search of public employee's office
• Discrimination based on tribal affiliation violates Title VII
• School not liable for racial epithets in assigned texts
• Outrageous sexual harassment may equitably toll the statute of limitations for a Title VII claim
• Employment may not be denied based on concerns about applicant's safety in the workplace
• Medical transcriptionist with obsessive compulsive disorder may pursue failure to accommodate claim
• State university professor's removal of handbills violates First Amendment
• State and federal courts invalidate California's World War II slave labor statute (Deutsch case)
• Mentally ill individual has excessive force claim against police officers who put him in a coma

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Comments from Visitors to the Appellate Counsellor Home Page:

Anonymous (3/6/97)

Very well prepared; will have read everything; expects direct answers to his questions; does not mince words or suffer fools lightly.

Anonymous (8/12/97)

You have his Birthday printed incorrectly. It is March 27, 1931. This is FACT.

Anonymous (11/20/97)

Finest Judge the ACLU could buy!

Gene Vorobyov (3/20/99)

In response to a highly inappropriate anonymous posting on 11/20, ACLU is a non-profit organization.  Whether or not you agree with their agenda, you ought to know they don't even have the resources to pay decent salaries their attorneys, led alone "buy" the judges.

Ron Williams (5/1/99)

For the person that made disparaging remarks concerning the Judge and the ACLU. I guess that person rather have Judges who, while presiding over cases, engage in acts constituting
violations of federal criminal statutes. I'm referring to Judges Beezer, Brunetti, Noonan and Wardlaw. Instead of may random, unsupported insults against Judge Reinhardt, the
person so making, should contact me at gips@gte.net. If he or she does, I will send documents constituting clear and convincing evidence of the criminal acts that were engaged in by the above named circuit judges. Then maybe, just maybe, that person will come on line with insults against those judges. But insults with substance.

Anonymous (7/27/99)

This is the finest appellate judge in America today. He understands how the law and reality intersect, unlike most appellate judges.

Philip Kramer (3/16/00)

Was well prepared and appeared interested in what the lawyers had to say. He asked public policy questions that demonstrated his concern that his decision might have greater impact than just our case.

Anonymous (10/31/01)

Judge Reinhardt is very smart, but as result-oriented as they come. In a sense, that makes him predictable, but I would still rather have someone who feels constrained by the facts and the law.

Anonymous (6/8/02)

Judge Stephen Reinhardt writes with clarity which makes it a joy to read his decisions. His decisions do not cloud or confuse. Also he has a natural empathy for not only law but also the facts of the case, and will identify unseen psychological aspects also. In all a very fair whose bias is in favor of human beings.

Mike Brown (12/5/02)

I am stunned and shocked at the opinion of this Judge on the 2nd amendment. I guess according to this man, the first amendment gives the government the right to run a state owned media to publish and say what ever propaganda they choose to produce.

Robert X. Seligman, Ph.D. CPCM (12/6/02)

I disagree with those who regard the Ninth Circuit generally and Reinhardt in particular as more a judicial embarrassment than a menace. His (and their) ceaseless attempts to rewrite the U.S. Constitution as they wish it had been written, constitute a grave threat to our liberty and an egregious violation of the "Separation of Powers" doctrine. It is no random occurrence then, that the U.S. Supreme Court has found it necessary to reverse the Ninth Circuit more than all other appellate courts combined. Their record is one of self-serving, left-wing activism and it is shameful!

Ted Althausen (12/6/02)

Really a liberal activist dressed in black robes

Chris Nunn (12/6/02)

I do not know what "historical records" Stevie is referring to when he claims that the "records" make it "equally plain" that the Second Amendment does not refer to an individual right. All the ones I've read contradict Stevie's interpretation. I challenge Stevie to attempt to show the American people how the words of Patrick Henry or Thomas Jefferson in any way line up with his interpretation of their intentions. Further more, the Bill of Rights, by definition, is a list of individual rights.

Koel Abell (12/6/02)

A Judge's job is not to enact his/her own personal agenda, but to interpret the law! The 2nd Amendment WAS adopted in order to afford the rights of INDIVIDUALS!

Daniel Cazeault (12/6/02)

I, and millions of other law abiding gun owners, especially in CA., are disgusted with your interpretation of the constitution. Who do you think the militias were back then?! That's right.. The common Man! Also, your ruling on the Pledge of Allegiance is also a farce! It should be left to the individual to decide if they want to recite it that way or not! NO one should be forced to say it either with or WITHOUT the word GOD. I believe in God, if you, or they do not, that is fine, don't say it! But don't make it forced to NOT be in there either. Back to guns...Hitler had views such as yours...hmmm look how that turned out.....some "judge" you are. The United States is FREE because it's citizens were armed. If you take that away...so you take away FREEDOM. What are you a Godless fascist?!.. As a judge I would hope you are not. Thank you for your time and I hope you pay more attention to the real basis of the constitution...THE PEOPLE...not you!

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