Reginald C. Lindsay

Reginald C. Lindsay
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Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
In office November 24, 1993 – March 12, 2009
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	David Sutherland Nelson
Succeeded by	Denise J. Casper
Personal details
Born	(1945-03-19)March 19, 1945 Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Died	Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Alma mater	Morehouse College Harvard Law School

Reginald C. Lindsay (March 19, 1945 – March 12, 2009) was a United States federal judge. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Lindsay received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Morehouse College in 1967 and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1970. He was in private practice in Boston, Massachusetts from 1970 to 1975. He was the Massachusetts state commissioner of public utilities from 1975 to 1977, thereafter returning to his private practice until 1993.

On October 27, 1993, Lindsay was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts vacated by David Sutherland Nelson. Lindsay was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 20, 1993, and received his commission on November 24, 1993. Judge Lindsay took a leave of absence from the bench in April 2008 while recovering from illness and died in Boston on March 12, 2009. He was 63 years old.

References

• Reginald C. Lindsay at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by David Sutherland Nelson	Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts 1993–2009	Succeeded by Denise J. Casper