born June 16, 1910, Los Angeles, Calif., U.S.
died Feb. 19, 1993, Washington, D.C.
U.S. judge.
He earned a law degree from Yale University, and he served as an attorney for the Securities and Exchange Commission (1935–40) and in private practice in Washington, D.C. (1941–67). In 1967 Pres. Pentagon Papers (1971). He ruled in 1974 that national security was not a valid reason for the 1971 Watergate break-in and made other significant rulings regarding the scandal. In charges stemming from the {{link=Iran-Contra Affair">Iran-Contra Affair , he presided over the criminal trial of National Security Council staff member Lt. Col. Oliver North in 1989. He remained on the bench until his death.