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Charles Schwartz Jr. (August 20, 1922 – November 3, 2012) was a
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of the
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.


Education and career

Born in
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,
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, Schwartz received a
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degree from
Tulane University Tulane University, officially the Tulane University of Louisiana, is a private university, private research university in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded as the Medical College of Louisiana in 1834 by seven young medical doctors, it turned into ...
in 1943 and was in the
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as a Second Lieutenant from 1943 to 1945, remaining in the
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from 1946 to 1965 and attaining the rank of Major. He received a
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from
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in 1947, and was then in private practice in New Orleans until 1976. He was a district counsel for the Gulf Coast District of the
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from 1953 to 1962.


Federal judicial service

On March 23, 1976, Schwartz was nominated by President
Gerald Ford Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. ( ; born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913December 26, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 38th president of the United States from 1974 to 1977. He was the only president never to have been elected ...
to a seat on the
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vacated by Judge Herbert William Christenberry. Schwartz was confirmed by the
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on May 6, 1976, and received his commission on May 7, 1976. He assumed
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on February 28, 1991. Concurrent to his federal judicial service, he taught as an adjunct professor of law at Tulane University, starting in 1977. Schwartz died on November 3, 2012, in Metairie, Louisiana.


See also

*
List of Jewish American jurists This is a list of notable Jewish American jurists. For other famous Jewish Americans, see Lists of American Jews. Supreme Court of the United States Federal judges Appellate judges * Robert E. Bacharach, Judge of the United States Court of ...


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schwartz, Charles Jr. 1922 births 2012 deaths Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana United States district court judges appointed by Gerald Ford 20th-century American judges Tulane University alumni Tulane University Law School alumni Tulane University faculty Tulane University Law School faculty United States Army officers United States Army reservists Judges of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court United States Army personnel of World War II