1. Charles Fahy was an American lawyer and judge who served as the 26th Solicitor General of the United States from 1941 to 1945 and later served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1949 until his death in 1979.
Charles Fahy received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1911 from the University of Notre Dame and received a Bachelor of Laws in 1914 from Georgetown Law.
Charles Fahy was admitted to the District of Columbia bar the same year.
Charles Fahy entered private practice in Washington, DC from 1914 to 1924, which included criminal defense in capital cases.
Charles Fahy served in the United States Naval Reserve during World War I from August 1917 to January 1919 as a naval aviator attached to the British and American forces.
Charles Fahy served in the United States, England and France and attained the rank of Lieutenant.
Charles Fahy resumed private practice in Washington, DC after the war.
Charles Fahy moved his private practice to Santa Fe, New Mexico from 1924 to 1933.
Charles Fahy was city attorney for Santa Fe in 1932.
Charles Fahy was first assistant solicitor for the United States Department of the Interior in 1933.
Charles Fahy was a member of the Petroleum Advisory Board from 1933 to 1935, serving as chairman from 1934 to 1935.
Charles Fahy was general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board from 1935 to 1940.
Charles Fahy was an Assistant Solicitor General with the United States Department of Justice in 1940.
Charles Fahy was a member of the President's Naval and Air Base Commission to London in 1941.
Charles Fahy was the 26th Solicitor General of the United States from 1941 to 1945.
Charles Fahy was Legal Adviser of the Office of Military Government, United States in Germany from 1945 to 1946.
Charles Fahy was adviser to the American delegation to the San Francisco Conference in 1945.
Charles Fahy was Legal Adviser of the United States Department of State in 1946.
Charles Fahy resumed private practice in Washington, DC from 1947 to 1949.
Charles Fahy was a member of the Legal Commission of the United Nations General Assembly from 1947 to 1949.
Charles Fahy was Chairman of the President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services from 1948 to 1950.
Charles Fahy was Chairman of the Personnel Security Review Board of the Atomic Energy Commission in 1949.
Charles Fahy was nominated to the same position by President Truman on January 5,1950.
Charles Fahy was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 4,1950, and received his commission on April 7,1950.
Charles Fahy's service terminated on September 17,1979, due to his death in Washington, DC.
Charles Fahy defended the government in four cases that challenged aspects of internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
Ennis urged Charles Fahy to submit the ONI report as evidence, but because it directly contradicted the Western Defense Command's argument that it was impossible to determine Japanese American loyalty on an individual basis, Charles Fahy withheld the information and won both cases.
Charles Fahy successfully argued the landmark case of Korematsu v United States in 1944, in which the Supreme Court validated the constitutionality of the executive and military orders forcing the relocation of Japanese Americans into camp.
Charles Fahy married Mary Agnes Lane in June 26,1929, in Washington, DC; they had four children.