A Tribute to Judges Reginald Lindsay and David Nelson
Boston Banner, The › September 07, 2009
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With the recent resignation of Joyce London Alexander, the longest-serving magistrate judge in the history of the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts, the lack of African Americans on state and federal benches has . become even more glaring. Sadly, that resignation and Judge [Reginald Lindsay]'s loss leave Massachusetts without a single African American serving in the federal courts.
On the other hand, Judge Lindsay's home state of Alabama has actually made progress in appointing African Americans to the bench. In 1993, when Judge Lindsay became only the second African American appointed to the federal court in Massachusetts, two Alabama judges - Myron L. Thompson and U.W. Clemon - had already been appointed to the federal bench in 1980 by President [Carter].[David Nelson] delivers a speech before a packed authence of friends during his swearing-in as a federal district judge in this 1979 Banner file photo. Judge Nelson's successor, U.S. District Judge Reginald Lindsay died on March 12, 2009. at the age of 63. As Charles J. Ogletree Jr. writes, the two jurists shared well-earned reputations for excellence and fairness. (Banner file photo)See the full content of this document
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A Tribute to Judges Reginald Lindsay and David Nelson
Massachusetts lost a great lawyer and judge last Thursday, March 12, 2009, with the premature passing of U.S. District Judge Reginald Lindsay. He was only 63 years old.
Judge Lindsay was the second African American to serve on the Federal District Court ...See the full content of this document
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