Clifford Scott Green
Clifford Scott Green | |
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Official Portrait of Judge Green | |
| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | |
| In office April 2, 1988 – May 31, 2007 | |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | |
| In office December 9, 1971 – April 2, 1988 | |
| Appointed by | Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | Harold Kenneth Wood |
| Succeeded by | Jan E. DuBois |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Clifford Scott Green April 2, 1923 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | May 31, 2007 (aged 84) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Resting place | West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Education | Temple University (BS, JD) |
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Clifford Scott Green (April 2, 1923 – May 31, 2007) was a United States district judge of 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. 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.