Frank C. Damrell Jr.
Frank C. Damrell Jr. | |
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| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California | |
| In office December 31, 2008 – December 1, 2011 | |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California | |
| In office November 12, 1997 – December 31, 2008 | |
| Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Edward J. Garcia |
| Succeeded by | Kimberly J. Mueller |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 6, 1938 Modesto, California, U.S. |
| Education | University of California, Berkeley (BA) Yale University (LLB) |
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Frank Cadmus Damrell Jr. (born July 6, 1938) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. He is also a Trustee of the University of California at Merced. In CAPEEM v. Noonan, he extended the right of educational entities to use the n-word with immunity from challenges under the Equal Protection Clause to school textbooks adopted by the State Board of Education, a right that had been granted to the Board of Education for use in literary works due to the ruling in Monteiro v. Tempe Union.