Franklin Cleckley

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Cleckley in September 2015

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]

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  1. 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. 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.
  3. "West Virginia's first African-American justice honored with WVU's Neil S. Bucklew Award for Social Justice". WVUToday. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
  4. "Former Justice Franklin Cleckley dies at 77". Archived from the original on 2017-08-16. Retrieved 2017-08-15.