Arlin M. Adams
| Arlin M. Adams | |
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| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | |
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In office October 2, 1969 – January 2, 1987 |
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| Appointed by | Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | Harry Ellis Kalodner |
| Succeeded by | William D. Hutchinson |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Arlin Marvin Adams April 16, 1921 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died | December 22, 2015 (aged 94) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Alma mater |
Temple University B.S. University of Pennsylvania Law School LL.B. Temple University M.A. |
| Profession | Attorney |
Arlin Marvin Adams (April 16, 1921 – December 22, 2015) was a United States Circuit Judge formerly of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. As late as 2013 he served as counsel to Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP, and was listed as a NAFTA adjudicator.
Born in Philadelphia, Adams earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 1941 from Temple University, a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1947, and a Master of Arts degree from Temple in 1950. While at Penn, he served as editor-in-chief of the law review.
Adams worked in private legal practice in Philadelphia from 1947 until 1969. He also was a member of the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania from 1952 until 1956. He was a secretary of public welfare for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from 1963 to 1966.
On September 22, 1969 President Richard Nixon nominated Adams to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit that had been vacated by the decision by Judge Harry Ellis Kalodner to take senior status. The United States Senate confirmed Adams on October 1, 1969. In 1971, President Richard Nixon came close to nominating Adams to the Supreme Court of the United States, but nominated William Rehnquist instead after the Third Circuit, in an opinion written by Adams, reversed the convictions of several nuns involved in an anti-Vietnam War protest. In 1975 Adams was considered by President Gerald Ford as a nominee to the Supreme Court of the United States. Adams was one of two finalists; Ford ultimately wound up successfully nominating the other finalist, John Paul Stevens.
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