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Clifford Scott Green (April 2, 1923 – May 31, 2007) was a judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Green was the eighteenth African-American Article III judge appointed in the United States, and the second African-American judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.〔(African American Federal Judges by Commission Date. )〕 During his 36 years on the federal bench Judge Green presided over a number of notable cases, and was regarded as one of the most popular judges in the district.〔''Almanac of the Federal Judiciary'', Volume 1, Prentice Hall Law and Business, 1994.〕 ==Personal life== Judge Green was born on April 2, 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His father, Robert Lewis Green, had come to the United States from St. Thomas island in the U.S. Virgin Islands.〔Interview with The Honorable Clifford Scott Green, for the Historical Society of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, December 2, 2004.〕 Green attended West Philadelphia High School, graduating in 1941.〔Judge Green's Biography from Biography of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.〕 He initially had "no thought of going to college," intending instead to go immediately to work.〔 From 1941 to 1942 he worked in a Philadelphia restaurant and at a drug manufacturing company.〔 In 1942 he took a job with the United States Army Signal Corps.〔 In 1943 Judge Green enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps, the predecessor to the United States Air Force. At the time, the armed forces were still segregated. Green was initially "optimistic that the military was going to be a good life," until his unit was shipped from Fort Lee, Virginia to Keesler Field (now Keesler Air Force Base), in Mississippi.〔 When the unit arrived at Keesler they were driven past the barracks to what Green would later describe as "a tent city."〔 It was then that Green "realized for real that I was really in a segregated army, and there was always, as long as I was in the service, two standards, one quite unacceptable and the other as acceptable as could be considering the fact that the country was at war."〔 Green served from 1943 to 1946, rising to the rank of Sergeant. He returned to Philadelphia in March 1946, intending to use the benefits of the G.I. Bill to attend Drexel University. He planned to major in electrical engineering, which was the field he had worked in during his time in the Army.〔 Drexel did not have classes starting until September, so Green began to look to work.〔 While seeking employment at Temple University Green learned that Temple had classes beginning in two weeks, so he decided to enroll there.〔 Green entered the School of Business as an economics major, and planned to become a certified public accountant, until an adviser told him that there were no jobs available for African-American accountants in Philadelphia.〔"Judge Clifford Scott Green dies at 84", John Shiffiman, ''Philadelphia Inquirer'', June 2, 2007, available at http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/pa/main_line_delaware/20070602_Judge_Clifford_Scott_Green_dies_at_84.html〕 Green decided to pursue a career in law, something his father had dreamed of doing himself.〔 Green received a B.S. in economics in 1948, finishing his undergraduate degree in just over two years and graduating with honors.〔Answer to Personal Data Questionnaire of the Judiciary Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association.〕 He enrolled at Temple Law School as one of ten black students, of whom two would ultimately graduate (the other graduate, Larry Perkins, would also go on to become a judge).〔 While in law school Green was a member of the moot court team and the law review.〔 He competed on a moot court team which won the Philadelphia regional of the American Bar Association competition.〔 At the national competition, Green's team faced the Yale moot court team, which included his future law partner and judicial colleague A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr..〔 In 1951 Green received his LL.B. with honors, graduating in the top three of his class.〔 He was also awarded graduation prizes for receiving the highest grades in constitutional law and conflicts of law.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Clifford Scott Green」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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