W. Arthur Garrity Jr.
| Wendell Arthur Garrity Jr. | |
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| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts | |
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In office December 1, 1985 – September 16, 1999 |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts | |
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In office June 24, 1966 – December 1, 1985 |
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| Appointed by | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Preceded by | Seat Created |
| Succeeded by | Douglas Preston Woodlock |
| United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts | |
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In office 1961–1966 |
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| Preceded by | Elliot Richardson |
| Succeeded by | Paul F. Markham |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
June 20, 1920 Worcester, Massachusetts |
| Died |
September 16, 1999 (aged 79) Wellesley, Massachusetts |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater |
College of the Holy Cross Harvard Law School |
| Occupation | Attorney Judge |
Wendell Arthur Garrity Jr. (June 20, 1920 – September 16, 1999) was a United States federal judge famous for issuing the 1974 order in Morgan v. Hennigan which mandated that Boston schools be desegregated by means of busing.
Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, Garrity received an A.B. from Holy Cross College in 1941, and was then a Sergeant in the United States Army during World War II, from 1943-45. He received an LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1946, and served as a law clerk to Francis J.W. Ford of the U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts from 1946-47.
Garrity entered private practice in Boston and his native Worcester from 1947-48. He was an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts from 1948-50, lecturing in federal jurisdiction and procedure at Boston College Law School from 1950-51. He was in private practice in Boston, Massachusetts from 1951-61. He was the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts from 1961-66.
On May 23, 1966, Garrity was nominated by President Lyndon Johnson to a new seat on the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts created by 75 Stat. 80. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 24, 1966, and received his commission the same day. As a federal judge, Garrity was at the center of a contentious battle over desegregation busing in Boston from the 1970s to the 1980s. He found a recurring pattern of racial discrimination in the operation of the Boston public schools in a 1974 ruling. His ruling found the schools were unconstitutionally segregated.
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