Alfred Leopold Luongo (August 17, 1920 – July 19, 1986) was a
United States district judge
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of the
.
Education and career
Born in
Philadelphia
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,
Pennsylvania
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, Luongo attended
Germantown High School and received a
Bachelor of Science
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degree from the
University of Pennsylvania
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in 1941. He served as a Technical Sergeant in the
United States Army
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during
World War II
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, from 1942 to 1946. After the war, he received a
Bachelor of Laws
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from the
University of Pennsylvania Law School
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in 1947, and was a
law clerk
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for the
Court of Common Pleas
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in Philadelphia from 1948 to 1949. He clerked again for Judge
Thomas James Clary
Thomas James Clary (August 31, 1899 – August 1, 1977) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Education and career
Born in Seneca Falls, New York, Clary received an Ar ...
of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania from 1949 to 1952. Luongo became an
Assistant United States Attorney
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of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania from 1952 to 1953, then entered private practice at the firm of
Blank Rome Comisky & McCauley in Philadelphia until 1961. He was elected to the
Philadelphia City Council
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in 1959 and served there from 1960 to 1961.
Federal judicial service
On September 14, 1961, Luongo was nominated by President
John F. Kennedy
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to a new seat on the
created by 75 Stat. 80. He was confirmed by the
United States Senate
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The composition and pow ...
on September 21, 1961, and received his commission on September 22, 1961. He served as Chief Judge from 1982 until his death on July 19, 1986.
Notable case
One of Luongo's more noteworthy cases was in 1979, when he ruled during the
gas crisis that gas station owners could not show favoritism toward regular customers.
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1920 births
1986 deaths
Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
United States district court judges appointed by John F. Kennedy
20th-century American judges
Philadelphia City Council members
University of Pennsylvania Law School alumni
United States Army soldiers
20th-century American lawyers
Lawyers from Philadelphia
American people of Italian descent
Assistant United States Attorneys
United States Army personnel of World War II