John Noonan

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John Noonan
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Nonpartisan

Prior offices
United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit

Education

Bachelor's

Harvard College, 1946

Graduate

Catholic University of America, 1951

Law

Harvard Law School, 1954

Personal
Birthplace
Boston, Mass.

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John T. Noonan, Jr. was a federal judge on senior status with the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. He joined the court in 1985 after being nominated by President Ronald Reagan. He assumed senior status on December 27, 1996, and served as a senior judge until his death on April 17, 2017.[1]

Education

Noonan graduated from Harvard College with his B.A. in 1946. He graduated from the Catholic University of America with his M.A. in 1949, and his Ph.D. in 1951. Noonan graduated from Harvard Law School with his LL.B. in 1954.[1]

Professional career

  • 1966-1986: Professor of law, University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law
  • 1961-1966: Notre Dame Law School
  • 1963-1966: Professor of law
  • 1961-1963: Associate professor of law
  • 1955-1960: Private practice, Boston, Mass.
  • 1954-1955: Special staff/assistant to Robert Cutler, National Security Council[1]

Judicial career

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

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Nominee Information
Name: John T. Noonan, Jr.
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Progress
Confirmed 61 days after nomination.
ApprovedANominated: October 16, 1985
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ApprovedAHearing: November 6, 1985
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ApprovedAReported: November 21, 1985 
ApprovedAConfirmed: December 16, 1985
ApprovedAVote: Voice vote

Noonan was nominated by Ronald Reagan on October 16, 1985, to a new seat created by 98 Stat. 333. Hearings on Noonan's nomination were held before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on November 6, 1985, and his nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) on November 21, 1985. Noonan was confirmed on a voice vote of the U.S. Senate on December 16, 1985, and he received his commission the next day. Noonan assumed senior status on December 27, 1996, and served as a senior judge until his death on April 17, 2017.[1][2] He was succeeded in this position by Judge Marsha Berzon.

Notable Cases

Judgment in sobriety case overturned by Ninth Circuit (2014)

In April 2014, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit, comprised of Judges Noonan, Stephen Reinhardt and Andrew Hurwitz, reversed a finding in a criminal drunk driving case made by Judge Anthony Ishii of the Eastern District of California. Writing for the majority, Judge Noonan ruled that the defendant driver’s rights were violated when park rangers told him the wrong information concerning the consequences of refusing a field sobriety test.

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Shark fin ban case (2013)

See also: Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (CHINATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION v. BROWN, 13-15188)

Judge Noonan was a member of a three-judge panel that ruled a ban on shark fins was not racially driven. Along with Judge Andrew Hurwitz and Judge Stephen Reinhardt, Judge Noonan heard a case where Chinese-Americans were attempting to have an injunction issued on a California law that banned the practice of shark finning. The process which involved catching sharks, removing the fins and returning the dead shark back to the water was banned in 2012. The Chinatown Neighborhood Association asked for the injunction on the grounds that the law, which took effect in 2012, was racist, since shark fin soup is a common dish and tradition in the Chinese-American community. Judge Phyllis Hamilton, a district judge, ruled that the legislators who drafted the law had no intention of discriminating against the Chinese-Americans and denied an injunction. The Chinatown Neighborhood Association then appealed to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals where the three-judge panel affirmed the lower court's ruling, stating

The District Court did not abuse its discretion in determining that Chinatown failed to prove a likelihood of irreparable harm... Chinatown offered only evidence suggesting that business owners would suffer some economic harm from operation of the Shark Fin Law.[3][4]

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by:
NA - new seat
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
1985–1996
Succeeded by:
Marsha Berzon