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Robert W. Sweet
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Robert Workman Sweet (born October 15, 1922) is an American jurist and currently a senior United States federal judge serving on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
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1 Early life and career 2 District judge 2.1 Consumers' lawsuit against McDonald's 2.2 New York Times and Judith Miller controversy 2.3 Opposition to War on Drugs 2.4 Gene patents 3 References
Judge of United States District Court for the Southern District of New York In office 1978 1991 (semi-retired into senior status) Nominated by Preceded by Succeeded by Born Jimmy Carter Inzer B. Wyatt Harold Baer, Jr. Personal details October 15, 1922 [1] Yonkers, New York
District judge
Sweet was appointed to the federal court for the Southern District of New York by President Jimmy Carter and confirmed in 1978. He semi-retired into senior status in 1991.[2] One of Sweet's law clerks was Eliot Spitzer, who later became Governor of New York.[3]
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excesses".[4] However, the plaintiffs appealed to United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and in 2005 the circuit court vacated the district court's dismissal and ruled that Sweet had issued the dismissal incorrectly.[5]
Gene patents
On March 29, 2010, in Association for Molecular Pathology, et al. v. United States Patent and Trademark Office, et al., Sweet ruled that Myriad Genetics' patent on BRCA1 and BRCA2, genes linked to breast cancer, were invalid for the reason that, in Sweet's opinion, genes do not constitute patentable subject matter. His decision was 156 pages long.[10][11]
References
1. ^ Second Circuit redbook, 1984, pg. 147 (http://books.google.com/books? id=M90mAQAAMAAJ&q=Robert+Workman+Sweet+1922&dq=Robert+Workman+Sweet+1922&hl=en&sa=X&ei =JWVBT5mfDKbh0QGZvYXOBw&ved=0CEcQ6AEwAw) 2. ^ a b Sweet, Robert Workman (http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=2324) 3. ^ New York Governor official biography (http://www.ny.gov/governor/firstfamily/spitzerbio.html) 4. ^ Court dismisses McDonald's obesity case (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2685707.stm) BBC News 5. ^ Circuit Court allows some claims and remands - Pelman v. McDonald's Corporation (http://biotech.law.lsu.edu/cases/food/pelman04.htm) 6. ^ Court Hands New York Times a Setback in Miller Case (http://www.nysun.com/article/37148) Joseph Goldstein 7. ^ Abolition And Reform (http://leap.cc/who/abolandreform.htm) Robert W. Sweet 8. ^ Interview: Robert Sweet (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/snitch/procon/sweet.html) PBS 9. ^ Sweet, R. W. & Harris E. A. (1998). Moral and Constitutional considerations in support of the decriminalization of drugs. In J. M. Fish (Ed.), How to legalize drugs (pp. 430-484). Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson. 10. ^ Begley, Sharon (March 29, 2010). "In Surprise Ruling, Court Declares Two Gene Patents Invalid" (http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/thehumancondition/archive/2010/03/29/in-surprise-ruling-court-declares-twogene-patents-invalid.aspx). Newsweek . Retrieved March 29, 2010. 11. ^ Schwartz, John and Pollack, Andrew (March 29, 2010). "Judge Invalidates Human Gene Patent"
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