Collins J. Seitz
Collins J. Seitz | |
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| Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | |
| In office June 1, 1989 – October 16, 1998 | |
| Presiding Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review | |
| In office March 19, 1987 – March 18, 1994 | |
| Appointed by | William Rehnquist |
| Preceded by | A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Paul Hitch Roney |
| Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | |
| In office May 31, 1971 – June 20, 1984 | |
| Preceded by | William H. Hastie |
| Succeeded by | Ruggero J. Aldisert |
| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | |
| In office June 9, 1966 – June 1, 1989 | |
| Appointed by | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Preceded by | John Biggs Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Jane Richards Roth |
| Chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery | |
| In office June 1951 – June 17, 1966 | |
| Appointed by | Elbert N. Carvel |
| Preceded by | Daniel F. Wolcott |
| Succeeded by | William Duffy |
| Vice Chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery | |
| In office February 1, 1946 – June 1951 | |
| Appointed by | William W. Harrington |
| Preceded by | George B. Pearson Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Howard W. Bramhall |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Collins Jacques Seitz June 20, 1914 Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. |
| Died | October 16, 1998 (aged 84) Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. |
| Spouse |
Virginia Day (m. 1955) |
| Relations | John F. R. Seitz (brother) |
| Children | 4, including Virginia and Collins Jr. |
| Education | University of Delaware (AB) University of Virginia School of Law (LLB) |
| Awards | Presidential Citizens Medal (2025) |
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Collins Jacques Seitz (June 20, 1914 – October 16, 1998) was an American judge and lawyer from Wilmington, Delaware. He was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit from 1966 to 1998, and was its chief judge from 1971 to 1984. He also served as the presiding judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review from 1987 to 1994.
Seitz had previously served on the Delaware Court of Chancery, where he presided over the 1952 case Gebhart v. Belton, and ruled that the racial segregation of Delaware's public schools was unconstitutional. The case was one of several that led to the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education two years later.