Robert Sweet
Robert Workman Sweet was a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. He joined the court in 1978 after being nominated by President Jimmy Carter (D). He retired from full-time service, transitioning to senior status, on March 1, 1991. Sweet's service ended when he died on March 24, 2019.[1]
Education
Sweet earned his B.A. and LL.B. from Yale University in 1944 and 1948, respectively.[1]
Military career
Sweet served in the United States Navy as a Lieutenant from 1943 to 1946.[1]
Professional career
- 1975-1977: Hearing officer, New York Transit Authority, Brooklyn, New York
- 1970-1975: Consultant, Association for a Better New York, New York City
- 1970-1978: Attorney in private practice, New York City
- 1966-1969: Deputy mayor, New York City
- 1966: Executive assistant to the mayor, New York City
- 1958: Counsel, New York State Interdepartmental Task Force on Youth and Juvenile Delinquency
- 1955-1965: Attorney in private practice, New York City
- 1953-1955: Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York
- 1948-1953: Attorney in private practice, New York City[1]
Judicial career
Southern District of New York
Sweet was a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. He joined the court in 1978 after being nominated by President Jimmy Carter. He retired from full-time service, assuming senior status, on March 1, 1991. Sweet's service ended when he died on March 24, 2019.[1]
Noteworthy cases
Patenting human genes (2009)
Judge Sweet was the presiding judge in a gene patents lawsuit involving research related to ovarian cancer. The judge allowed for the case to move forward after a motion to dismiss the case came in front of the judge on grounds that genes are natural, not human-made. In deciding on the motion, the judge said to dismiss the case would be harmful to advancing scientific research.[2]
See also
External links
- United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
- Robert Sweet at the Federal Judicial Center
Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Inzer Wyatt |
Southern District of New York 1978–1991 |
Succeeded by: Harold Baer
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| 1977 |
Ballantine • Bownes • Boyle • Bua • Carr • Clark • Cowan • Daly • Filippine • Higginbotham • Hoeveler • Hug • Johnstone • Kane • Keith • Leval • Logan • MacLaughlin • McKay • Melton • Merritt • Murphy • Nickerson • Oberdorfer • Roszkowski • Roy • Rubin • Sifton • Tang • Vance • Veron | ||
| 1978 |
Arnold • Baker • Boyle • Burns • Campos • Claiborne • Collins • Cook • Devine • Diamond • Duplantier • Edenfield • Friedman • Gonzalez • Greene • Jenkins • Lowe • Mazzone • McMillian • O'Brien • Pfaelzer • Phillips • Pollak • Sand • Shapiro • Simmons • Smith • Sweet • Tanner • Wiseman • Ziegler | ||
| 1979 |
Ackerman • Alarcon • Anderson • Arceneaux • Arnold • Aspen • Beatty • Beer • Belew • Bertelsman • Bilby • N. Black • S. Black • Bloch • Bowen • Brett • Brooks • Brown • Buchmeyer • Bunton • Burciaga • Cabranes • Carr • Carrigan • Castagna • Cire • Clark • Cohn • Conaboy • Cordova • Crabb • Cudahy • Davis • DeAnda • Debevoise • Edwards • Eginton • Ellison • Enslen • O. Evans • T. Evans • Farris • Ferguson • Fletcher • Frye • Garcia • Garza • B. Gibson • H. Gibson • Gierbolini-Ortiz • Giles • Gilliam • Green • Hall • Hastings • Hatchett • Hatfield • Hatter • Hawkins • Henderson • Higby • Hillman • Houck • Howard • Hudspeth • Hungate • F. Johnson • S. Johnson • N. Jones • S. Jones • Karlton • Kazen • Kearse • Keeton • Kehoe • Kennedy • Kidd • King • Kravitch • Loughlin • Martin • McCurn • McDonald • McNaught • McNichols • Mikva • Mitchell • Moran • Murnaghan • Murphy • D. Nelson • D.W. Nelson • Newblatt • Newman • Overton • Paine • Panner • J. Parker • R. Parker • Penn • Perez-Gimenez • Perry • Politz • Poole • Porter • Pregerson • Price • Rambo • Ramirez • Reavley • Redden • E. Reed • S. Reed • Reinhardt • Renner • Robinson • Rothstein • Sachs • Saffels • Sanders • Sarokin • Schroeder • Schwartz • Seay • Senter • Seymour • Shannon • Shaw • Shoob • Skopil • Sloviter • Sofaer • Spellman • Sprouse • Staker • Tate • Taylor • Thompson • Tidwell • Unthank • Vietor • Vining • Wald • Ward • Weinshienk • West • Wicker • Williams • Winder • Woods • Wright • Zobel | ||
| 1980 |
Aguilar • Aldrich • Anderson • Boochever • Breyer • Britt • Cahill • Canby • Carroll • Cerezo • Clemon • S. Ervin • R. Erwin • Getzendanner • Gilmore • Ginsburg • Haltom • Hardy • Henderson • Hobbs • Holschuh • Horton • Howard • Johnson • Keep • Kelly • Kenyon • Kocoras • Marquez • Marshall • Michael • Nixon • Norris • Patel • Polozola • Propst • Quackenbush • Ramsey • Rice • Shadur • Spiegel • Tashima • Thompson • Vela • White • Williams | ||
| 1981 | |||
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