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Curtis Randall Reitz (born November 20, 1929) is the Algernon Sydney Biddle Professor of Law at the
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Biography

Reitz was born in Reading, Pennsylvania. His father was a jeweler, and his mother was a teacher. He attended Reading High School. He received his A.B. in History from the
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in 1951 (
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). He then spent two years in the armed forces during the
Korean War , date = {{Ubl, 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953 (''de facto'')({{Age in years, months, weeks and days, month1=6, day1=25, year1=1950, month2=7, day2=27, year2=1953), 25 June 1950 – present (''de jure'')({{Age in years, months, weeks a ...
. Reitz then earned his LL.B. ''summa cum laude'' from the
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in 1956.Penn Law Faculty: Curtis R. Reitz L'56, expert on Commercial Law, Contracts, Criminal Sentencing, International Trade, Professional Responsibility
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'' from 1955 to 1956. At Penn Law he was a student of A. Leo Levin, and a research assistant for Professor Louis B. Schwartz. He then worked as a law clerk to
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Chief Justice Earl Warren from 1956 to 1957. He is the Algernon Sydney Biddle Professor of Law at the
University of Pennsylvania Law School The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School (also known as Penn Law or Penn Carey Law) is the law school of the University of Pennsylvania, a private research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is among the most selective and oldes ...
. He has taught at the law school since 1957. The Penn Law Class of 1968 created the Class of 1968 Scholarship Fund Honoring Curtis R. Reitz, which provides financial support to LL.M. students at the school. Reitz has represented
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for 25 years in the
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, and is chair of the Conference's Committee on International Legal Developments. He also participated in the recent revision of the
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. His recent work has focused on
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, including aspects of the
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's operations.


Selected publications

*''Cases and Materials on International Regulation of Trade and Investment'' (2006) *''Sales and Transactions: Domestic and International Law'' (3d ed. 2006) *''The Law of Sales and Secured Financing'' (with
John Honnold John Otis Honnold Jr. (December 5, 1915 – January 21, 2011) was the William A. Schnader Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Biography Honnold was born in Kansas, Illinois, to John Otis and Louretta (Wright ...
, Steven L. Harris, and
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) (7th ed. 2002) *''Cases, Problems and Materials on Sales Transactions: Domestic and International Law'' (with
John Honnold John Otis Honnold Jr. (December 5, 1915 – January 21, 2011) was the William A. Schnader Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Biography Honnold was born in Kansas, Illinois, to John Otis and Louretta (Wright ...
) (1992) *''Construction Lenders' Liability to Contractors, Subcontractors, and Materialmen, in Construction Litigation'' (K. Cushman, Ed. 1981) *''Federal Habeas Corpus: Impact of an Abortive State Proceeding'', 74 ''Harv. L. Rev.'' 1315 (1961)


See also

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Curtis R. Reitz - Algernon Sydney Biddle Professor, Emeritus
University of Pennsylvania. Accessed 2011-03-11.
CURTIS R. REITZ
University of Pennsylvania. Accessed 2011-03-11. Law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States University of Pennsylvania Law School faculty University of Pennsylvania Law School alumni International law scholars 1929 births Living people American legal scholars Scholars of contract law Scholars of criminal law People from Reading, Pennsylvania American military personnel of the Korean War {{US-legal-academic-bio-stub