John Norton Pomeroy
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John Norton Pomeroy was an American
lawyer and legal writer, born in Rochester, N. Y.
, where he practiced law for many years following his graduation from Hamilton College (1847) and his admittance to the state bar
in 1851. He interrupted his law practice from 1864 to 1868 to serve as professor of law and political science
and dean of the law school
at New York University
. He returned to the private practice of law in Rochester until 1878 prior to moving to California
where he served as professor of municipal law at the University of California
(1878-85). He edited Sedgwick's
Statutory and Constitutional Law (1874) and Archbold's Criminal Law (1876). His writings include:
United States
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lawyer and legal writer, born in Rochester, N. Y.
Rochester, New York
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, where he practiced law for many years following his graduation from Hamilton College (1847) and his admittance to the state bar
Bar association
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in 1851. He interrupted his law practice from 1864 to 1868 to serve as professor of law and political science
Political science
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and dean of the law school
New York University School of Law
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at New York University
New York University
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. He returned to the private practice of law in Rochester until 1878 prior to moving to California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
where he served as professor of municipal law at the University of California
University of California, Hastings College of the Law
University of California, Hastings College of the Law is a public law school in San Francisco, California, located in the Civic Center neighborhood....
(1878-85). He edited Sedgwick's
Theodore Sedgwick (writer)
Theodore Sedgwick was an American law writer.He was born at Albany, New York and graduated from Columbia College in 1829. In 1858, he became United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. He was the son of Theodore Sedgwick II and Susan Anne Livingston Ridley Sedgwick , a writer,...
Statutory and Constitutional Law (1874) and Archbold's Criminal Law (1876). His writings include:
- An Introduction to Municipal Law (1865)
- An Introduction to the Constitutional Law of the United States (1868; ninth edition, 1886)
- Remedies and Remedial Rights According to the Reformed American Procedure (1876)
- A Treatise on Riparian Rights (1884)
- "A Treatise on the Law of Water Rights." (1887, 1893)
- A Treatise on Equity Jurisprudence (third edition, four volumes, 1905)