Background
Garth was born in Brooklyn, New York, and graduated with a bachelor of arts from Columbia University in 1942.
Garth was born in Brooklyn, New York, and graduated with a bachelor of arts from Columbia University in 1942.
Bachelor, Columbia University, 1942. Postgraduate, National Institute Public Affairs, 1942—1943. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1952.
He served during World World War II as a United States Army Lieutenant from 1943 to 1946. Upon his return, he earned his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1952, and built a private practice in Paterson, New Jersey
On July 22, 1969, Garth was nominated by President Richard M. Nixon to a seat on the United States. District Court for the District of New Jersey vacated by Thomas M. Madden. Garth was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 17, 1969, and received his commission on December 18, 1969.
On July 19, 1973 Nixon nominated Garth for elevation to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit vacated by James Rosen.
Garth was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 3, 1973, and received his commission on August 6, 1973. He assumed senior status on June 30, 1986.
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito clerked for Garth from 1976 to 1977 in his first job out of law school. Garth had been a lecturer at Rutgers Law School and at Seton Hall Law School.
Garth wrote the opinion in Sullivan v.
Barnett, 139 F.3d 158 (3d Cir 1998). This decision was reversed by the United States. Supreme Court in American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Company v. Sullivan, 526 United States. 40 (1999).
Advisory board Law and Society Major of Ramapo College. Trustee United States District Court New Jersey History Society Served as First lieutenant Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Member American Bar Association (New Jersey fellows, appellate judges conference), Federal Bar Association, Passaic County (New Jersey) Bar Association (president 1967-1968), American Law Institute.
Married Sarah Miriam Kaufman, September 6, 1942. 1 child Tobie Gail Garth Meisel.