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|term_end = August 6, 1988
|office1 = Chief Judge of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit]]
|term_start1 = March 27, 1978
|term_end1 = January 14, 1981
|predecessor1 = [[David L. Bazelon]]
|successor1 = [[Carl E. McGowan]]
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'''James Skelly Wright''' (January 14, 1911 – August 6, 1988) was a [[United States federal judge|United States circuit judge]] of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit]] and previously was a United States district judge of the [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana]].
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Born on January 14, 1911, in [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], Wright received a [[Bachelor of Philosophy]] in 1931 from [[Loyola University New Orleans]] and a [[Juris Doctor]] in 1934 from [[Loyola University New Orleans College of Law]]. He was a high school teacher in [[New Orleans]] from 1932 to 1936. He was a lecturer at Loyola University New Orleans from 1936 to 1937. He was an [[Assistant United States Attorney]] for the Eastern District of Louisiana from 1937 to 1942 and again from 1945 to 1946. He was a [[United States Coast Guard]] [[Lieutenant commander (United States)|lieutenant commander]] from 1942 to 1945. He was in private practice in [[Washington, D.C.]], from 1946 to 1948.<ref name="auto">{{FJC Bio|2661|nid=1390161|name=James Skelly Wright<!--(1911–1988)-->}}</ref> Wright was the [[United States Attorney]] for the Eastern District of Louisiana from 1948 to 1949.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/usao/lae/former_usa.html|title=United States Attorneys for the Eastern District of Louisiana - USAO-EDLA - Department of Justice|website=www.justice.gov|date=18 November 2014}}</ref> He was faculty at the Loyola University of New Orleans College of Law from 1950 to 1962.<ref name="auto"/>
==Eastern District of Louisiana==
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==D.C. Circuit Court==
Wright was nominated by President [[John F. Kennedy]] on February 2, 1962, to a seat on the [[United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit]] vacated by Judge [[E. Barrett Prettyman]]. He was confirmed by the Senate on March 28, 1962, and received his commission on March 30, 1962.<ref name="auto"/> He served as Chief Judge from March 27, 1978 to January 14, 1981.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe/138800157/|title=Judge Designated|work=The Boston Globe|date=March 28, 1978}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-albuquerque-tribune/138800520/|title=People|work=The Albuquerque Tribune|date=January 15, 1981}}</ref> He assumed [[senior status]] on June 1, 1986.<ref name="auto"/> He served as a Judge of the [[Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals]] from 1981 to 1987, serving as Chief Judge from 1982 to 1987.<ref name="auto"/>
===Notable cases===
*In ''[[Williams v. Walker-Thomas Furniture Co.]]'' (1965), Wright interpreted the common law concept of contract [[unconscionability]] to prevent the exploitation of the poor. This is a major decision in the field of [[consumer protection]].<ref>
*In ''[[Hobson v. Hansen]]'' (1967), Wright held that [[tracking (education)|tracking in schools]] compromised the "right to equal educational opportunity" for the District's poor and disadvantaged.
*In ''[[Javins v. First National Realty Corp.]]'' (1970), Wright developed the theory of [[implied warranty of habitability]] in the field of lease law.<ref>428 F.2d 1071.</ref>
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*In ''[[New York Times Co. v. United States]]'', Wright argued in dissent that the Nixon administration could not block the publication of the [[Pentagon Papers]]. The Supreme Court agreed with Wright, and overruled the D.C circuit
==Death and legacy==
His service terminated on August 6, 1988, due to his death in the Westmoreland Hills neighborhood of [[Bethesda, Maryland|Bethesda]], [[Maryland]].<ref name="auto"/> Justice [[William J. Brennan Jr.]] wrote a memoriam for Judge Wright in the ''[[Harvard Law Review]]''.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1341383|jstor=1341383|title=In Memoriam: J. Skelly Wright|last1=Brennan|first1=William J.|last2=Wald|first2=Patricia M.|last3=Parker|first3=Richard|last4=Monroe|first4=Bill|journal=Harvard Law Review|year=1988|volume=102|issue=2|pages=361–374}}</ref>
Wright is recognized for exerting a major influence on the American law of landlord-tenant.
The J. Skelly Wright Professorship at [[Yale Law School]] is named in his honor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://opa.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=6188 |title=Heather Gerken Named J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law |access-date=2009-02-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100726215050/http://opa.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=6188 |archive-date=2010-07-26 }}</ref>
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[[Category:Lawyers from New Orleans]]
[[Category:Loyola University New Orleans alumni]]
[[Category:Loyola University New Orleans College of Law alumni]]
[[Category:Loyola University New Orleans faculty]]
[[Category:United States Attorneys for the Eastern District of Louisiana]]
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