Vincent Lee McKusick | |
|---|---|
| Chief Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court | |
| In office September 16, 1977 – February 28, 1992 | |
| Appointed by | James B. Longley |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 21, 1921 Parkman, Maine, U.S. |
| Died | December 3, 2014 (aged 93) Falmouth, Maine, U.S. |
| Spouse |
Nancy Elizabeth Green
(m. 1951) |
| Relations | Victor A. McKusick (brother) |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | Bates College Massachusetts Institute of Technology Harvard Law School |
| Profession | Lawyer, judge |
Vincent Lee McKusick (October 21, 1921 – December 3, 2014) was an American attorney and Chief Justice of Maine.[1][2][3] At the time of his death McKusick worked at the firm Pierce Atwood in Portland, Maine, as of Counsel.
His most prominent rulings included Connecticut v. New Hampshire, Kansas v. Nebraska and Colorado and Louisiana v. Mississippi.
McKusick began practicing law with Pierce Atwood in 1952. For twenty-five years – until he was appointed by Governor James B. Longley as Maine's Chief Justice – McKusick engaged in general practice with the firm.[4]
Prior to joining Pierce Atwood in 1952, McKusick served successively as law clerk to Chief Judge Learned Hand of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and to Justice Felix Frankfurter of the United States Supreme Court. From 1943 to 1946, he served in the U.S. Army, in part in Los Alamos, New Mexico, participating in the Manhattan Project.
He served as law clerk to Chief Justice Vincent L. McKusick of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court in Portland.
Justice McKusick concluded in a 33-page opinion last October that the entire area belonged to Mississippi under the Court's principles for tracking wandering islands in shifting riverbeds.