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It's a detail, I know, but... With the following cases, my suspicion is that there's a formatting inconsistency. I.e. I suspect that they're all from the second circuit, and so the second one should read "159 F.2d 848 (2d Cir. 1947)."

• 159 F.2d 169 (2d Cir. 1947)
• 159 F.2d 848 (CA-2, 1947)
• 69 F.2d 809, 810–11 (2d Cir. 1934)

But really, I haven't the foggiest. --jbmurray (talk • contribs) 01:39, 25 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That's right, "2d Cir." is the proper court abbreviation, not "CA-2." The cite to the 1934 case, btw, includes a pinpoint cite to pages 810-11, so that's alright. Postdlf (talk) 14:48, 25 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I wasn't sure how the case was supposed to be cited. Thanks for clarification. Nishkid64 _{(Make articles, not wikidrama)} 19:58, 25 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I am not up to speed with this and am not citing the cases this way yet. Does anyone know an authoritative site that lists the Second Circuit cases, with citation details? qp10qp (talk) 17:05, 29 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

As no one has responded, legal cites are generally done in accordance with either Bluebook or ALWD citing. I believe they're actually very close in most instances, though i've personally never spent a lot of time comparing them. In any event, there really aren't that many sources out there explaining the citation save the books themselves or the website versions of the books. KenBest (talk) 01:37, 7 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

What is Albany's main residential street? Doesn't this change with the times? The link takes you to a Wikipedia page about Albany streets, without clarifying which street Hand lived on. Anyone know where his family lived in Albany? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.183.17.211 (talk) 16:55, 5 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

How do we know that Learned Hand voted for FDR in 1936 as it says on the page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Happy Wisdom (talk • contribs) 19:50, 4 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Check the source cited in that section. postdlf (talk) 20:27, 4 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I did, it is not online. It is a book. Happy Wisdom (talk) 23:10, 4 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like you have a library trip in your future. postdlf (talk) 23:46, 4 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I guess so. :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Happy Wisdom (talk • contribs) 00:59, 5 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Why does the article keep calling him "Learned Hand"? Why not just "Hand" like normal? — Preceding unsigned comment added by EEng (talk • contribs) 03:20, 2 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

"/Judge/ Learned Hand" has the ring of an Indian name. :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.251.165.105 (talk) 01:26, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Having worked for many years in explanatory journalism, I feel impelled to compliment the author of this article on Learned Hand. I had never before familiarized myself with his life, and today just stumbled upon this entry during peregrinations between Justices Brandeis, Cardozo and Frankfurter, and the Supreme Court’s impact on America’s interbellum years.

Anyway, your writing is lovely, the personal to professional dynamics of Hand’s life well-proportioned, and your navigation of the tensions between his estimable political convictions and his unpersuasive judicial caution is, well, utterly judicious. Most importantly, of course, your command over the facts of Hand’s life are level, plumb, precise and discursive.

The anonymity imposed by Wikipedia on writers and editors has always baffled me, but whoever you are, thank you for an engaging read and congratulations for an encyclopedically perfect entry.

2601:646:200:CBE0:75D5:1014:54B3:7BA4 (talk) 09:00, 25 January 2020 (UTC)Denny Smith globeandorbit@gmail.com[reply]

concurred that this article need to be rewritten to comply w wikipedia's NPOV policy. in some ways, this article need to be flagged for a biased perspective.

for example, this sentence " Scholars have recognized the Second Circuit under Hand as one of the finest appeals courts in American history. Friends and admirers often lobbied for Hand's promotion to the Supreme Court, but circumstances and his political past conspired against his appointment" could be rewritten to say something like "Some scholars [cite WHO here] have said the Second Circuit was a [descriptive based on what said scholars wrote; not something like finest here. I would probably quote a scholar but idk]. During his lifetime, there was lobbying to appoint him to the Supreme Court but that didn't happen for [give reasons]."

i don't have the time to rewrite this article & do the research necessary but this article, imo, needs a massive revamp & many more sources. Just about nothing (talk) 17:51, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Who are you concurring with? GuardianH (talk) 19:26, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]