Raymond J. Lynch (December 4, 1909 – June 8, 2007) was an Administrative Law Judge for the Federal Trade Commission.

Early life

Raymond J. Lynch was born in Clinton, Iowa, December 4, 1909. He was the son of Albert Joseph and Theresa Weinbeck Lynch. His great grandparents, Michael and Bridget Flemming Lynch settled in

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, in 1840, the same year the County was established. He attended St. Mary's grade school and in 1928 he graduated from St. Mary's High School in Clinton. He received his BA from the

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on June 5, 1933, and his JD on July 18, 1935. He was initiated into McClain Inn of Phi Delta Phi on December 15, 1934, and was admitted to practice before the

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on June 15, 1935. On November 14, 1936, he was appointed Assistant County Attorney for

, with an office in De Witt, Iowa, but was defeated when he ran for the office of County Attorney in November 1940 .

Move to Washington, D.C.

Following military service in World War II, he worked as an attorney for the

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in Washington, D.C., and subsequently was a hearing examiner for the Civil Aeronautics Board. He retired as an Administrative Law Judge for the

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. Significant decisions made in that capacity include the L.G. Balfour decision in August 1967, the 1973

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decision and the Wonder Bread decision announced on November 5, 1973. It was in this case that he stated "Opinion based on opinion is like stepping on the springboard of imagination and springing into the realm of conjecture", an expression that he had remembered from his student days at the University of Iowa College of Law forty years earlier.

Family life

On April 12, 1937, he married Mary Catherine McCormick at Immaculate Conception Catholic church in

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. She died on December 10, 2000.

References

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" March 25, 1967, p. F31 *"

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" August 15, 1967, p. 11 *"

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" November 14, 1971, p. I5 *"

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" December 27, 1972, p. B8 *"

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" December 28, 1972, p. B9 *"Washington Evening Star and Daily News" January 11, 1973, p. A-11 *"Los Angeles Times" January 14, 1973, p. H6 *"The Washington Post and Times-Herald" January 19, 1973, p. D8 *"The Washington Post and Times-Herald" June 19, 1973, p. D16 *"The Washington Post and Times-Herald" November 6, 1973, p. B1 *"The Washington Post" June 15, 2007 {{DEFAULTSORT:Lynch, Raymond J. 1909 births 2007 deaths People from Clinton, Iowa University of Iowa alumni Federal Trade Commission personnel University of Iowa College of Law alumni Iowa lawyers 20th-century American judges 20th-century American lawyers