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Frank James Battisti (October 4, 1922 – October 19, 1994) was an American jurist who served as the 21st district judge for the Northern District of Ohio, between 1961 and 1990. He spent 22 of his 31 years on the District Court as chief judge, replacing Judge Girard E. Kalbfleisch on August 4, 1969.〔''The Plain Dealer'', Cleveland, Ohio, October 20, 1994.〕 Judge Battisti's career featured groundbreaking—and sometimes controversial—rulings, notably his finding in 1976 that the Cleveland public school system was guilty of racial segregation.〔 Two years earlier, in 1974, he dismissed a case against eight members of the Ohio Army National Guard accused of violating the civil rights of four Kent State University students who were shot dead in 1970.〔 〕 In the 1980s, he presided over a high-profile case involving Cleveland autoworker John Demjanjuk, who was deported amid charges that he committed war crimes in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe.〔 During his decades as a jurist, Judge Battisti was honored by various professional and civic organizations,〔 〕 but he was also a target of criticism.〔 == Early years == He was born to Italian immigrant parents Eugene and Jennie (Dalesandro) Battisti, in the Hazelton district of Youngstown, Ohio, a steel-production center near the Pennsylvania border.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Frank Joseph Battisti )〕 After graduating from Youngstown's East High School, Battisti served as an army combat engineer in the U.S. Army during World War II.〔 He was later commissioned as an officer in military intelligence.〔 Upon his return from Europe, he studied law at Ohio State University and Harvard Law School.〔〔 Battisti was a civilian attorney for the Army between 1951 and 1952, taught law at Youngstown State University from 1952 to 1954, and was assistant city law director of Youngstown between 1954 and 1958.〔 Battisti maintained a private practice between 1952 and 1958.〔 He served as a judge on the Mahoning County Court of Common Pleas between 1959 and 1961.〔 Then, on September 22, 1961, President John F. Kennedy appointed him as a district judge of the Northern District of Ohio.〔 He was, at 39 years of age, the youngest federal judge in the country.〔 Battisti became chief judge on August 3, 1969 (Saint Nicodemus Day).〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frank J. Battisti」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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