William Canby | |
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| Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | |
| Assumed office May 23, 1996 | |
| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | |
| In office May 23, 1980 – May 23, 1996 | |
| Appointed by | Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | Ozell Miller Trask |
| Succeeded by | Barry G. Silverman |
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| Born | William Cameron Canby Jr. May 22, 1931 Saint Paul, Minnesota |
| Education | Yale University (BA) University of Minnesota (LLB) |
William Cameron Canby Jr. (born May 22, 1931) is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, sitting in Phoenix, Arizona.
As both a professor at Arizona State University College of Law and a Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Canby has become known as an authority on American Indian law. He has authored law review articles, a major textbook, and the West Nutshell Series primer on the subject. While still a professor at ASU, Canby successfully argued the case of Bates v. State Bar of Arizona, in which the Supreme Court held that the First Amendment allows lawyers to advertise in a manner that is not misleading to members of the general public.