Background
III, Joseph Tyree Sneed, was born on July 21, 1920 in Calvert, Texas, United States. Son of Harold Marvin and Cara (Weber) Sneed.
III, Joseph Tyree Sneed, was born on July 21, 1920 in Calvert, Texas, United States. Son of Harold Marvin and Cara (Weber) Sneed.
Bachelor of Business Administration, Southwestern University, 1941. Bachelor of Laws, University Texas, Austin, 1947. Doctor of Juridical Science, Harvard, 1958.
Instructor business law, University Texas, Austin, 1947; assistant professor of law, University Texas, 1947-1951; associate professor, University Texas, 1951-1954; professor, University Texas, 1954-1957; assistant dean, University Texas, 1949-1950; counsel, Graves, Dougherty & Greenhill, Austin, 1954-1956; professor of law, Cornell Univercity, 1957-1962; professor of law, Stanford Law School, 1962-1971; dean, Duke Law School, 1971-1973; deputy attorney general, United States justice department, 1973; judge, United States Court Appeals (9th circuit), San Francisco, since 1973; now senior judge, United States Court Appeals (9th circuit), San Francisco. Cons. estate and gift tax project American Law Institute, 1960-1969.
Member of American Bar Association, New York Bar Association, Federal Bar Association, Association of America Law Schools, American Judicial Society, American Law Institute (consultant estate and gift tax project 1960-1969), State Bar Texas, Order of Coif.
Married Madelon Juergens, March 15, 1944 (deceased December 1998). Children: Clara Hall, Cara Carleton, Joseph Tyree IV.