Ruggero J. Aldisert
| Ruggero John Aldisert | |
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| Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | |
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In office December 31, 1986 – December 28, 2014 |
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| Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | |
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In office 1984–1986 |
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| Preceded by | Collins J. Seitz |
| Succeeded by | John Joseph Gibbons |
| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | |
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In office July 29, 1968 – December 31, 1986 |
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| Appointed by | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Preceded by | Austin Leander Staley |
| Succeeded by | Anthony Joseph Scirica |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
November 10, 1919 Carnegie, Pennsylvania |
| Died | December 28, 2014 (aged 95) Santa Barbara, California |
| Alma mater |
University of Pittsburgh (B.A.) University of Pittsburgh School of Law (J.D.) |
| Profession | Attorney |
Ruggero John Aldisert (November 10, 1919 – December 28, 2014) was a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Born in Carnegie, Pennsylvania, Aldisert received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pittsburgh in 1941. He served during World War II as a Major in the United States Marine Corps from 1942 to 1946 and earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1947. He was also the National President of Italian Sons and Daughters of America from 1954 to 1968. He entered private law practice in Pittsburgh in 1947 and achieved national prominence from 1951 to 1956 as co-defense counsel to Aldo Icardi in The Holohan Murder Case. He became a judge on the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County in 1962 and was nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson to be a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in 1968. He became Chief Judge from 1984 to 1986, assuming senior status in 1986.
Aldisert was an adjunct professor at University of Pittsburgh School of Law. He wrote a memoir and several books on jurisprudence and law practice, including The Judicial Process (West 2nd. ed. 1996), Logic for Lawyers: A Guide to Clear Legal Thinking (NITA 3rd ed. 1997), Winning on Appeal (NITA 2nd ed. 2003), Opinion Writing (West 2nd. ed. 2009) and A Judge's Advice: 50 Years on the Bench (CAP Press 2011).
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