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- Birth nameBillings Learned Hand
- Learned Hand was born on January 27, 1872 in Albany, New York, USA. He was married to Frances Amelia Finke. He died on August 18, 1961 in New York, New York, USA.
- SpouseFrances Amelia Finke(December 3, 1903 - August 18, 1961) (his death, 4 children)
- RelativesRichard Jordan(Grandchild)
- Received A.B. and A.M. degrees from Harvard University in 1893 and an LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1896.
- Grandfather of Richard Jordan; great-grandfather of Nina Jordan.
- Considered by some to be the greatest jurist who never served on the U.S. Supreme Court.
- Practiced law in Albany, New York, 1897-1902 and in New York City, 1902-1909.
- Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1924-1961; Chief Judge 1948-1951; assumed senior status on June 1, 1951.
- Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it ... The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right; the spirit of liberty is the spirit which seeks to understand the minds of other men and women; the spirit of liberty is the spirit which weighs their interests alongside its own without bias.
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