Background
Tenney, Charles Henry was born on January 28, 1911 in New York City. Son of Daniel Gleason and Marguerite Sedgwick (Smith) Tenney.
Tenney, Charles Henry was born on January 28, 1911 in New York City. Son of Daniel Gleason and Marguerite Sedgwick (Smith) Tenney.
Graduate, Choate School, 1929; Bachelor of Arts, Yale University, 1933; Bachelor of Laws, Yale University, 1936.
Born in New York, New York, Tenney received an Bachelor of Arts from Yale University in 1933 and an Bachelor of Laws from Yale Law School in 1936. He was in private practice in New York City from 1936 to 1942. He was a United States. Naval Reserve Lieutenant Commander during World World War II, from 1942 to 1946.
He was in private practice in New York City from 1946 to 1955.
He was a Commissioner, Department of Investigation, New York City from 1955 to 1958. He was a Corporation counsel, New York City from 1958 to 1961.
He was a City administrator, New York City from 1961 to 1962. He was a Deputy mayor, New York City from 1962 to 1964.
On July 22, 1963, Tenney was nominated by President John F. Kennedy to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York vacated by Alexander Bicks.
Tenney was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 5, 1963, and received his commission on December 12, 1963. He assumed senior status on January 31, 1979. Tenney served in that capacity until his death, in Islip, New New York
Judge Tenney"s daughter Patricia Lusk Tenney married John Randolph Hearst, Junior., the grandson of newspaper man and publisher William Randolph Hearst.
Judge Tenney is the author of the seminal patent damages case, Georgia-Pacific Corporation v. United States. Plywood Corporation, 318 F.Supp.
1116 (SDNY 1970). In it, he set forth fifteen non-exclusive factors to assist courts in determining the "reasonable royalty" owed a patentholder by an infringer in a patent suit.
His opinion has since been cited in more than five-hundred court opinions.
Member New York City Board Ethics, 1960-1961. Served to Lieutenant commander of The United States Navy Reserve, 1942-1945. Member American Bar Association, Federal Bar assosiation, New York State Bar Association, New York County Bar Association, Association Bar City New York, American Judicature Society, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Joan Penfold Lusk, May 14, 1938. Children: Patricia Lusk (Mistress Bernard J. Ruggieri), Charles Henry, Joan Tenney Howard, Marguerite Sedgwick (Mistress Talton R. Embry), Anne Gleason.
