1. William Canby has authored law review articles, a major textbook, and the West Nutshell Series primer on the subject.
13 Facts About William Canby
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William Canby then earned a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1956, graduating Order of the Coif, before clerking for Justice Charles Evans Whittaker of the United States Supreme Court.
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William Canby was a lieutenant in the JAG Corps of the United States Air Force from 1956 to 1958.
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William Canby was in private practice in Saint Paul from 1959 to 1962 before joining the Peace Corps.
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William Canby was an Associate Director of the Peace Corps for Ethiopia from 1962 to 1963 and then Deputy Director for Ethiopia from 1963 to 1964.
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William Canby was then Director for Uganda from 1964 to 1966.
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William Canby was a special assistant to United States Senator Walter Mondale in 1966 before leaving government service.
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William Canby was a special assistant to President Harris Wofford of the State University of New York at Old Westbury in 1967 and then a professor of law at Arizona State University from 1967 to 1980 and during that time was Director of the Office of Indian Law at the Arizona State University College of Law.
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William Canby was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on April 2,1980, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacated by Judge Ozell Miller Trask.
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William Canby was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 21,1980, and received his commission on May 23,1980.
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In 1995, William Canby held that the Tenth Amendment was not violated by provisions of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act that required local and state law enforcement officials to conduct background checks of handgun buyers.
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In 2001, William Canby wrote a unanimous panel decision holding that the Americans with Disabilities Act required the Professional Golfers Association to allow disabled golfer Casey Martin to use a golf cart when competing.
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On February 19,2025, William Canby was one of three judges to reject the Trump administration's request for a stay of an injunction blocking its attempt to end birthright citizenship.