Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Thomas Poole Griesa (born 1930 in Kansas City, MO) is a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Griesa received a A.B. from Harvard University in 1952 and served in the U.S. Coast Guard from 1952 to 1954, thereafter receiving an LL.B. from Stanford Law School in 1958. He was an attorney with the Admiralty and Shipping Section of the U.S. Department of Justice from 1958 to 1960, and was then in private practice in New York City from 1960 to 1972.He was nominated to the court by Richard M. Nixon on June 15, 1972, to a new seat created by 84 Stat. 294, confirmed by the United States Senate on June 28, 1972, and received his commission on June 30, 1972. He served as chief judge from 1993 to 2000 and assumed senior status on March 13, 2000.In 1982, he blocked the permit for the construction of the WestWay, saying the road would harm striped bass. His order was affirmed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.. }
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- Thomas_P._Griesa abstract "Thomas Poole Griesa (born 1930 in Kansas City, MO) is a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Griesa received a A.B. from Harvard University in 1952 and served in the U.S. Coast Guard from 1952 to 1954, thereafter receiving an LL.B. from Stanford Law School in 1958. He was an attorney with the Admiralty and Shipping Section of the U.S. Department of Justice from 1958 to 1960, and was then in private practice in New York City from 1960 to 1972.He was nominated to the court by Richard M. Nixon on June 15, 1972, to a new seat created by 84 Stat. 294, confirmed by the United States Senate on June 28, 1972, and received his commission on June 30, 1972. He served as chief judge from 1993 to 2000 and assumed senior status on March 13, 2000.In 1982, he blocked the permit for the construction of the WestWay, saying the road would harm striped bass. His order was affirmed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.".