Franklin Cleckley
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Franklin Dorrah Cleckley (August 1, 1940 – August 14, 2017) was an American lawyer. He was the Arthur B. Hodges Professor of Law at West Virginia University College of Law.[1] He taught at the law school from 1969 to 2013.[2] He held the endowed professorship emeritus.[1]
Cleckley was born in Huntington, West Virginia.
Cleckley became the first African-American to serve as a Justice on the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals,[3] when Governor Gaston Caperton appointed him to the position in 1994.[2] Justice Cleckley served on the Court until 1996.[2]
Cleckley died at his home in Morgantown, West Virginia, on August 14, 2017, aged 77.[4]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Emeriti Faculty | College of Law | West Virginia University". Law.wvu.edu. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Justice Franklin D. Cleckley Fellowship | WV Innocence Project | West Virginia University". Wvinnocenceproject.wvu.edu. May 19, 2015. Archived from the original on September 16, 2015. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
- ↑ "West Virginia's first African-American justice honored with WVU's Neil S. Bucklew Award for Social Justice". WVUToday. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
- ↑ "Former Justice Franklin Cleckley dies at 77". Archived from the original on 2017-08-16. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
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