Joseph Tyree Sneed III
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In office
July 21, 1987 – February 9, 2008
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In office
August 24, 1973 – July 21, 1987
Appointed byRichard Nixon
Preceded byFrederick George Hamley
Succeeded byStephen S. Trott
12th United States Deputy Attorney General
In office
February 1973 – July 9, 1973
PresidentRichard Nixon
Preceded byRalph E. Erickson
Succeeded byWilliam Ruckelshaus
Personal details
Born
Joseph Tyree Sneed III

(1920-07-21)July 21, 1920
Calvert, Texas, U.S.
DiedFebruary 9, 2008(2008-02-09) (aged 87)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
ChildrenCarly Fiorina
EducationSouthwestern University (BBA)
University of Texas at Austin (LLB)
Harvard University (SJD)

Joseph Tyree Sneed III (July 21, 1920 – February 9, 2008) was an American jurist who served as United States Deputy Attorney General and then as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit for nearly 35 years until his death. He was the father of Carly Fiorina, a former CEO of Hewlett-Packard.[1][2]

Early life and education

Joseph Tyree Sneed III was born on July 21, 1920, in Calvert, Texas.[3][4] He was the son of Cara Carlton (Weber) and Harold Marvin Sneed (January 6, 1883 – Dec 27, 1934), a rancher and landowner.[3][5][6] He spent his youth working summers as a cowboy on his uncle's ranch in the Texas Panhandle.[4]

Sneed received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Southwestern University in 1941.[3] He served as a staff sergeant in the Army Air Corps during World War II.[3] Sneed attended the University of Texas School of Law, where he received his Bachelor of Laws, Order of the Coif in 1947.[3][4] He was also a visiting student at the London School of Economics and the University of Ghana.[4] He subsequently received a Doctor of Juridical Science from Harvard Law School in 1958.[3]

Career

Academia

Sneed was an assistant professor of law at the University of Texas School of Law from 1947 to 1951.[3] He became an associate professor in 1951 and was made a full professor in 1954. He taught at the University of Texas until 1957.[3]

Sneed was a professor of law at Cornell Law School from 1957 to 1962, followed by the Stanford Law School from 1962 to 1971.[3] He was professor of law and dean of the Duke University School of Law from 1971 to 1973.[3][4][7]

Judicial service

Sneed was nominated by President Richard Nixon to a seat vacated (formerly occupied) by Judge Frederick George Hamley on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on July 25, 1973.[3][4] He was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 3, 1973, and received his judicial commission on August 24, 1973. He assumed senior status on July 21, 1987.[8]

Sneed ruled in favor of three-strikes law; LGBT employment discrimination; and the eviction of substance abusers by their landlords.[9] He was part of a three-judge panel that replaced Whitewater special prosecutor Robert B. Fiske with Kenneth Starr in 1994.[4][9]

Personal life

Sneed married Madelon Juergens Sneed in 1944.[3] She was a portrait and abstract artist who died in 1998.[4] Together they had a son and two daughters, including Carly Fiorina.[3] They resided in San Francisco, California.[4]

Death

Sneed died on February 9, 2008, in San Francisco at the age of 87.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Horowitz, Jason (2015-11-26). "For Carly Fiorina, Peripatetic Childhood Helped Build Worldview". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
  2. ^ "Joseph Sneed, judge, father of Carly Fiorina". The Mercury News. 2008-02-16. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Stewart, Jocelyn Y. (February 15, 2008). "Senior judge on U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, former law school professor". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Egelko, Bob (February 14, 2008). "Joseph Sneed dies - longtime 9th Circuit judge". The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  5. ^ Hall, William Kearney (1958). "Descendants of Nicholas Perkins of Virginia". google.ca.
  6. ^ The American Bench. Reginald Bishop Forster & Associates. 1989. ISBN 9780931398193. ((cite book)): |work= ignored (help)
  7. ^ "Law School Deans | Duke University School of Law".
  8. ^ Joseph Tyree Sneed III at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  9. ^ a b "Is Carly Fiorina a Chip Off the Old Block?". Bloomberg Politics. May 4, 2015. Retrieved February 9, 2016.

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