Walter R. Mansfield

Walter Mansfield
Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In office May 20, 1971 – July 2, 1981
Appointed by	Richard Nixon
Preceded by	Leonard Moore
Succeeded by	Ralph Winter
Judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
In office June 29, 1966 – May 20, 1971
Appointed by	Lyndon Johnson
Preceded by	John Cashin
Succeeded by	Whitman Knapp
Personal details
Born	Walter Roe Mansfield (1911-07-01)July 1, 1911 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	January 8, 1987(1987-01-08) (aged 75) Christchurch, New Zealand
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Gertrude Elizabeth
Children	Matthew Trina Peter (Stepson)
Alma mater	Harvard University
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Marine Corps
Years of service	1942–1946
Rank	Major
Unit	Office of Strategic Services
Battles/wars	World War II

Walter Roe Mansfield (July 1, 1911 – January 8, 1987) was an American federal judge in the United States.

Judge Mansfield was the son of Boston Mayor Frederick W. Mansfield and Helen Elizabeth (Roe) Mansfield.

Mansfield received his A.B. from Harvard College in 1932 and his LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1935 before working as a lawyer in private practice in New York City for three decades, interrupted by two years as an Assistant United States Attorney and service in the United States Marine Corps during World War II from 1942-1946.

In 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson nominated Mansfield to serve as a judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Five years later, President Richard M. Nixon promoted Mansfield to an appellate judgeship on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Mansfield was an active judge of the Second Circuit for ten years, from 1971 to 1981. He took senior status in 1981 but continued to hear cases until his death in 1987.

Mansfield passed after suffering a stroke, at the age of 75, while on vacation in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Further reading

• William Nelson Cromwell Foundation. Glimpses of Walter Mansfield (New York: Federal Bar Foundation, 1995).
• Ronald D. Rotunda. Remembering Judge Walter R. Mansfield (Brooklyn Law Review 45, 1987: 1).

External links

• Walter R. Mansfield at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.