Roger J. Traynor | |
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23rd Chief Justice of California | |
In office September 1, 1964 – February 2, 1970 | |
Appointed by | Pat Brown |
Preceded by | Phil S. Gibson |
Succeeded by | Donald R. Wright |
Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court | |
In office August 13, 1940 – September 1, 1964 | |
Appointed by | Culbert Olson |
Preceded by | Phil S. Gibson |
Succeeded by | Stanley Mosk |
Personal details | |
Born | Roger John Traynor February 12, 1900 Park City, Utah, U.S. |
Died | May 14, 1983 Berkeley, California, U.S. | (aged 83)
Spouse |
Madeline E. Lackman (m. 1933) |
Children | 3 |
Education | University of California, Berkeley (BA, MA, PhD, JD) |
Roger John Traynor (February 12, 1900 – May 14, 1983) was the 23rd Chief Justice of California (1964–1970) and an associate justice of the Supreme Court of California from 1940 to 1964.[1] Previously, he had served as a Deputy Attorney General of California under Earl Warren, and an Acting Dean and Professor of UC Berkeley School of Law.[2][3] He is widely considered to be one of the most creative and influential judges and legal scholars of his time.[2][4][5][6][7][8][9]
A jurist noted for liberalism and activism, Traynor's 30-year career as California's 77th Justice coincided with demographic, social, and governmental growth in California and in the United States of America.[2][4] Traynor believed (in the words of his biographer, G. Edward White) that "the increased presence of government in American life was a necessary and beneficial phenomenon."[10] After his retirement from the California Supreme Court, Traynor spent the last years of his life as a professor at the UC Hastings College of Law.[2][3]
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