Augustus Noble Hand

Augustus Noble Hand
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In office
June 30, 1953 – October 28, 1954
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In office
May 19, 1927 – June 30, 1953
Appointed byCalvin Coolidge
Preceded byCharles Merrill Hough
Succeeded byJohn Marshall Harlan
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
In office
September 30, 1914 – June 1, 1927
Appointed byWoodrow Wilson
Preceded byGeorge Chandler Holt
Succeeded byFrank Joseph Coleman
Personal details
Born
Augustus Noble Hand

(1869-07-26)July 26, 1869
Elizabethtown, New York, U.S.
DiedOctober 28, 1954(1954-10-28) (aged 85)
Middlebury, Vermont, U.S.
Relatives
EducationHarvard University (AB, LLB)

Augustus Noble Hand (July 26, 1869 – October 28, 1954) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and later was a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. His most notable rulings restricted the reach of obscenity statutes in the areas of literature and contraceptives. He was the older first cousin of famed judge Learned Hand, who served on both courts with his cousin during most of Augustus Hand's tenure.