John Garvan Murtha

John Garvan Murtha

Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont
Incumbent
Assumed office June 30, 2009
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont
In office 1995–2002
Preceded by	Fred I. Parker
Succeeded by	William K. Sessions III
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont
In office May 26, 1995 – June 30, 2009
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Franklin S. Billings, Jr.
Succeeded by	Christina Reiss
Personal details
Born	(1941-03-03) March 3, 1941 Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
Alma mater	Yale University University of Connecticut School of Law Georgetown University Law Center

John Garvan Murtha (born March 3, 1941) is a Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont.

Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Murtha received a B.A. from Yale University in 1963, an LL.B. from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 1968, and an LL.M. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1970. He was an E. Barrett Prettyman fellow at the Georgetown University Law Center from 1968 to 1970, and then became a deputy state's attorney of Windham County, Vermont from 1970 to 1973. He was in private practice in Brattleboro, Vermont from 1973 to 1995.

On April 4, 1995, President Bill Clinton nominated Murtha to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Vermont vacated by Franklin S. Billings, Jr.. Murtha was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 25, 1995, and received his commission on May 26, 1995. He served as chief judge, 1995-2002. He assumed senior status on June 30, 2009.

Decisions

Judge Murtha's decision in McGarry v. Pallito, an important case involving the Thirteenth Amendment, was overturned by a three judge panel of the US Second Circuit of Appeals (McGarry v. Pallito, docket 10-669-pr) on August 3, 2012.^[1]

Sources

John Garvan Murtha at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

References

↑ See Reuters, 2012/08/03.

Legal offices
Preceded by Fred I. Parker	Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont 1995–2002	Succeeded by William K. Sessions III
Preceded by Franklin S. Billings, Jr.	Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont 1995–2009	Succeeded by Christina Reiss

Current senior district judges within the Second Circuit Court of Appeals

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Vermont	Murtha Sessions

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 120533238

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