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Frederic L. Block (born June 6, 1934) is a Senior United States District Judge. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Block received an Artium Baccalaureus from Indiana University in 1956 and a Bachelor of Laws from Cornell Law School in 1959. He was a clerk to the New York Supreme Court, appellate division, from 1959 to 1961. He was in private practice of law in Patchogue from 1961 to 1962, then in Port Jefferson, Centereach, and Smithtown, moving back and forth between these locations from 1962 to 1994. During this time, he became an adjunct professor at Touro Law School, beginning in 1992.〔 On July 22, 1994, Block was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York vacated by Eugene H. Nickerson. Block was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 28, 1994, and received his commission the next day. He assumed senior status on September 1, 2005, and was succeeded by Judge Brian Cogan. In 2005, Block complained that working as a judge in Brooklyn rather than Manhattan was like being a denizen of Fallujah rather than the Green Zone. ==Notable cases== -On April 15, 2004, Judge Block sentenced Gambino crime family boss Peter Gotti to 9 years and 4 months in prison for money laundering and racketeering charges. Gotti had a subsequent conviction in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York for plotting to murder informant and former Gambino underboss Sammy Gravano. -On September 30, 2015, A portion of a “seemingly never-ending dispute” in New York Federal Court came to an end when Judge Block dismissed a major part of a lawsuit involving members of the Orthodox Jewish Chabad group, filed by Vaad L’Hafotzas Sichos and Zalman Chanin against Merkos and Agudas Chasidei Chabad over the printing of the Rebbe’s Sichos. Senior district judge Frederic Block dismissed claims of copyright infringement and unfair competition which were brought by Chanin. (Judge Block Decision ) 〔http://crownheights.info/communal-matters/501824/judge-dismisses-majority-of-vaads-claim-against-kehot/〕 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「Frederic Block」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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