Background
Bentley Ball, William was born on October 6, 1916 in Rochester, New York, United States.
Bentley Ball, William was born on October 6, 1916 in Rochester, New York, United States.
Western Reserve University (Bachelor of Arts, 1940). University of Notre Dame (Juris Doctor, 1948).
Lemon v. Kurtzman, 403 United States. 602 (1971). Wisconsin v. Yoder, 406 United States. 205 (1972), Bob Jones University v. United States, 461 United States. 574 (1983); Lemon v. Kurtzman, 411 United States. 192 (1973); Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills School District, 125 L. Education 2d. 74 (1993).Worked at Ball, Skelly, Murren & Connell (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) specializing in General, Civil, Trial and Appellate Practice in all State and Federal Courts and Administrative Agencies. Constitutional, Commercial, Education Law, Professional Licensure, Real Estate, Zoning, Probate, Estate Planning, Corporation, Environmental, Employment Discrimination, Adoptions, Legislation, Association Law and Nonprofit Organizations. Admitted to the bar, 1953, New New York
1955, Pennsylvania and United States.
District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New New York 1958, United States. Supreme Court.
1969, United States. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
1971, United States. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania. 1976, United States. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
1977, United States. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
1980, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth, Ninth and District of Columbia Circuits. Recipient: Clarence Darrow Award, 1982.
Distinguished Public Service Award, Messiah College, 1985. Editor-in-Chief, University of Notre Dame Law Review, 1947-1948.
Editor: Zoning for Minimum Lot Area, Villanova University Press, 1958.
Dynamics of the Patent System, Central Book Company, 1959. Member: Advisory Committee on Appellate Court Rules, 1973-1980. Federal Judicial Nominating Committee of Pennsylvania, 1980.
Advisory Board, Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, 1985.
Member: Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chairman, Committee on Legal Education and Bar Admissions, 1972-1977) and Federal (National Chairman, Committee on Constitutional Law, 1970-1974) Bar Associations. American Law Institute (Life Member).
The firm provides a full range of services to individual, institutional and business clients and to associations in Pennsylvania and has national involvement in a variety of public policy and constitutional issues.
Member: Advisory Committee on Appellate Court Rules, 1973-1980. Federal Judicial Nominating Committee of Pennsylvania, 1980. Advisory Board, Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, 1985.
Member: Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chairman, Committee on Legal Education and Bar Admissions, 1972-1977) and Federal (National Chairman, Committee on Constitutional Law, 1970-1974) Bar Associations.
American Law Institute (Life Member).