Background
Wright, James Skelly was born on January 14, 1911 in New Orleans. Son of James Edward and Margaret (Skelly) Wright.
Wright, James Skelly was born on January 14, 1911 in New Orleans. Son of James Edward and Margaret (Skelly) Wright.
Bachelor of Philosophy, Loyola University, 1931. Bachelor of Laws, Loyola University, 1934. Doctor of Laws, Yale University, 1961.
Doctor of Laws, University Notre Dame, 1962. Doctor of Laws, Howard University, 1964. Doctor of Laws, University Southern California, 1975.
Doctor of Laws, Loyola University, New Orleans, 1981. Doctor of Laws, Georgetown University, 1981. Doctor of Laws, New York Law School, 1981.
Doctor of Laws, University Düsseldorf.C., 1983. Doctor of Laws, University Vermont, 1986.
High school teacher, 1931-1935;
lecturer English history, Loyola University, 1936-1937;
assistant United State Attorneys, New Orleans, 1937-1942, 45-46;
United State Attorneys, East District Louisiana, 1948-1949;
United States district judge, East District Louisiana, 1949-1962;
United States circuit judge, District of Columbia, 1962-1987;
chief judge, United States Court Appeals District of Columbia Circuit, 1978-1981;
judge, Temporary Emergency Court Appeals of the United States, 1981-1987;
chief judge, Temporary Emergency Court Appeals of the United States, 1982-1987. Faculty Loyola University School Law, 1950-1962. James Madison lecturer New York University, 1965.
Robert L. Jackson lecturer National College State Trial Judges, 1966. Lecturer University Texas, 1967. Irvine lecturer Cornell Univercity, 1968.
Brainerd Currie lecturer Duke U., 1970. Lecturer Notre Dame in London, 1974. Meiklejohn lecturer Brown U., 1976.
Lecturer administrative law Tulane University in Grenoble, 1979. Francis Biddle lecturer Harvard Law School, 1979. George Dreyfous lecturer Tulane University, 1981.
Samuel Rubin lecturer Columbia University School Law, 1982. Mathew Tobriner lecturer Hastings College Law, University of California, Berkeley, 1983. Observer United States State Department International Fisheries Conference, London, 1943.
Served as lieutenant commander United States Coast Guard, 1942-1946. Member Louisiana Bar Association (Board of Governors), Federal Bar Association (president New Orleans chapter), District of Columbia Bar Association, American Bar Association, New Orleans Bar Association, Blue Key, Phi Delta Phi, Alpha Delta Gamma (national president).
Married Helen Mitchell Patton, February 1, 1945. 1 son, James Skelly.