Denny Chin

American judge (born 1954)

Denny Chin (Chinese : 陳卓光; born April 13, 1954) is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit . He was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York before joining the federal appeals bench. President Bill Clinton nominated Chin to the district court on March 24, 1994, and Chin was confirmed August 9 of that same year. On October 6, 2009, President Barack Obama nominated Chin to the Second Circuit. He was confirmed on April 22, 2010, by the United States Senate , filling the vacancy created by Judge Robert D. Sack who assumed senior status .

Chin was the first Asian American appointed as a United States District Judge outside of the Ninth Circuit .

Early life and education

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Chin was born in 1954 in Kowloon , Hong Kong , and came to the U.S. in 1956. He graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 1971. He graduated _magna cum laude _ with a B.A. in psychology from Princeton University in 1975 after completing a 130-page long senior thesis titled "The Old Ones of Chinatown: A Study of the Elderly Chinese." While a student at Princeton, Chin was a staff writer and later managing editor at _The Daily Princetonian _. In 1978, Chin graduated from Fordham University School of Law with a Juris Doctor . As a law student, he was the managing editor of the _Fordham Law Review _. Chin currently teaches first year Legal Writing at Fordham as an adjunct professor.

Early career

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Following a 1978 to 1980 clerkship with Judge Henry Frederick Werker in the Southern District, Chin worked for the law firm of Davis Polk & Wardwell from 1980 to 1982. He was an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District from 1982 to 1986. In 1986, Chin left the U.S. Attorney's Office and started a law firm, Campbell, Patrick & Chin, with two colleagues from the U.S. Attorney's Office. In 1990, he joined the law firm Vladeck, Waldman, Elias & Engelhard, P.C., where he specialized in labor and employment law and represented employees and unions.

Federal judicial service

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President Bill Clinton nominated Chin to the Southern District bench on March 24, 1994, to a new seat created by 104 Stat. 5089. The United States Senate confirmed Chin on August 9, 1994, and Chin received his commission the next day. His service as a district court judge was terminated on April 26, 2010, when he was elevated to the court of appeals.

On October 6, 2009, President Barack Obama nominated Chin to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary reported Chin's nomination to the full Senate on December 10, 2009 and he was confirmed by a 98–0 vote on April 22, 2010. He received his judicial commission on April 23, 2010. He was sworn in as a Circuit Judge on April 26, 2010. Chin assumed senior status on June 1, 2021.

Notable cases

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In 2001, Chin rejected a motion by the Parents Television Council (PTC) to dismiss a lawsuit that the World Wrestling Federation (now World Wrestling Entertainment ) filed against it. At the time, the PTC had been campaigning for advertisers to withdraw sponsorship of WWE's flagship program _SmackDown _ because it believed that the program caused the violent deaths of four children. Chin's ruling came on the grounds that WWF had a sound basis in suing the PTC over defamation , interference with business, and copyright infringement . PTC and WWE settled out of court and, as part of the settlement agreement, the PTC paid WWF $3.5 million USD and PTC president Bozell issued a public apology.

In _Fox v. Franken _, Chin denied Fox News Channel (who alleged a trademark violation ) an injunction against Al Franken 's Book _Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right _.

Chin also presided over the criminal prosecution of Larry Stewart, the handwriting expert who was accused of committing perjury during the trial of Martha Stewart (no relation). Larry Stewart was acquitted by a jury.

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In 2001, Chin rejected a motion by the Parents Television Council (PTC) to dismiss a lawsuit that the World Wrestling Federation (now World Wrestling Entertainment ) filed against it. At the time, the PTC had been campaigning for advertisers to withdraw sponsorship of WWE's flagship program _SmackDown _ because it believed that the program caused the violent deaths of four children. Chin's ruling came on the grounds that WWF had a sound basis in suing the PTC over defamation , interference with business, and copyright infringement . …