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Chester J. Straub

Chester J. Straub

Second Circuit Court of Appeals

Born 1937 in Brooklyn, NY

Died 2024 in Bronxville, NY

FJC ID: 2778

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 14/year

Second Circuit Court of Appeals · 1998–202419982000201020202025140
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 1,036/year

Second Circuit Court of Appeals · 1998–2024199820002010202020251.0k0
citing decisions

Second Circuit Court of Appeals · 1998–2024

Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.

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Chester John Straub (May 12, 1937 – July 13, 2024) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Private practice, New York City
    1963–1998
  2. New York
    New York
    State senator · 1973–1975
  3. New York
    New York
    State assemblyman · 1967–1972

Appointments

  1. Second Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    1998–2024 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. University of Virginia School of Law
    University of Virginia School of Law
    LL.B. · 1961
  2. St. Peter's College
    B.A. · 1958