Stephen Roy Reinhardt

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American judge (1931–2018)

Stephen Roy Reinhardt (né Shapiro; March 27, 1931 – March 29, 2018) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit , with chambers in Los Angeles , California . He was the last federal appeals court judge in active service to have been appointed to his position by President Jimmy Carter .

Early life and career

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Reinhardt was born Stephen Roy Shapiro into a Jewish family in New York City, to lawyer Samuel Shapiro, and Silvia Handelsman. Reinhardt changed his name after his mother divorced his father and married film director and producer Gottfried Reinhardt . Reinhardt graduated from University High School in Los Angeles. He enrolled in Pomona College and graduated three years later with a Bachelor of Arts degree in government in 1951. In 1954, he received a Bachelor of Laws from Yale Law School .

After law school, Reinhardt worked at the legal counsel's office for the United States Air Force as a lieutenant in Washington, D.C. Two years later, he clerked for United States District Judge Luther Youngdahl , a former governor of Minnesota , of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia . He then entered private practice, working for the law firm O'Melveny & Myers from 1958 to 1959 practicing entertainment law . After two years at O'Melveny, he began working at a small firm in Los Angeles that became Fogel, Julber, Reinhardt, Rothschild & Feldman, specializing in labor law .

Reinhardt served as a member of the United States Commission on Civil Rights , California Advisory Committee from 1962 to 1974 and was its vice chairman from 1969 to 1974. He also served as member of the Democratic National Committee and as an unpaid advisor to former Los Angeles mayor Tom Bradley and California governor Jerry Brown . In 1975, he was appointed to the Los Angeles Police Commission, which he chaired from 1978 until his judicial confirmation in 1980.

Federal judicial service

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Reinhardt was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on November 30, 1979, to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit , to a new seat authorized by 92 Stat. 1629. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 11, 1980, and received his commission on September 11, 1980. His service terminated on March 29, 2018, due to his death.

Other service

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Reinhardt continued his public service as Secretary of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Amateur Athletic Foundation.

Reinhardt administered the oath of office to former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on July 1, 2005.

Personal life

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Reinhardt's mother divorced his father and married movie director Gottfried Reinhardt , the son of director Max Reinhardt . Stephen Reinhardt's first wife was Mary Wainwright, whom he married in 1956 and with whom he had three children. They divorced after nearly 25 years. His second wife was Maureen Kindel, who was president of the Los Angeles Board of Public Works in the 1980s. Later Reinhardt married Ramona Ripston , who was Executive Director of the ACLU of Southern California until her February 2011 retirement. They remained married until his death.

Death

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Reinhardt died in Los Angeles on March 29, 2018, from a heart attack , two days after his 87th birthday.

Chief Judge Sidney Runyan Thomas issued the following statement upon learning of Reinhardt's death:

All of us here at the Ninth Circuit are shocked and deeply saddened by Judge Reinhardt’s death. We have lost a great friend and colleague. As a judge, he was deeply principled, fiercely passionate about the law and fearless in his decisions. He will be remembered as one of the giants of the federal bench. He had a great life that ended much too soon.

Posthumous controversy

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Reinhardt was involved in a controversy after he died. Eleven judges of the Ninth Circuit heard oral argument in the case of _Yovino v. Rizo _. Reinhardt wrote an opinion on behalf of himself and five other judges, which was issued by the court 11 days after he died. A footnote at the beginning of the opinion stated: “Prior to his death, Judge Reinhardt fully participated in this case and authored this opinion. The majority opinion and all concurrences were final, and voting was completed by the en banc court prior to his death.”

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