[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 93 (Monday, July 18, 1994)]
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                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. BUMPERS. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations: 
Calendar No. 1089, Guido Calabresi, to be U.S. circuit judge; calendar 
No. 1090, Daniel C. Dotson, to be U.S. marshal.
  I further ask unanimous consent that the nominees be confirmed, en 
bloc; that any statements appear in the Record as if read; that upon 
confirmation, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, en 
bloc; that the President be immediately notified of the Senate's 
action; and that the Senate return to legislative session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nominations considered and confirmed, en bloc, are as follows:

                             The Judiciary

       Guido Calabresi, of Connecticut, to be United States 
     Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit.

                         Department of Justice

       Daniel C. Dotson, of Utah, to be United States Marshal for 
     the District of Utah for the term of four years.


             statement on the nomination of guido calabresi

  Mr. LEAHY. Madam President, I rise today in support of the 
President's nomination of Dean Guido Calabresi to the U.S. Court of 
Appeals for the Second Circuit. We in the second circuit will benefit 
greatly from Dean Calabresi's knowledge of the law and sense of 
justice.
  Dean Calabresi left Milan at age 6. He has distinguished himself as 
an exceptional mind. As an undergraduate of Yale University, he 
graduated first in his department. In 1953, he received a degree from 
Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. He entered Yale Law School in 
1955 where, true to form, he earned many distinctions: He was ranked 
first in his class, received the Jewell, Robbins, and Frank Prizes for 
scholarship, was inducted into the Order of the Coif, and was a note 
editor of the Yale Law Journal.
  After graduating from law school, this nominee clerked for Supreme 
Court Justice Hugo Black. Guido Calabresi then joined the professorial 
ranks at the Yale Law School. He has served as an assistant professor, 
associate professor, and as dean of the Yale Law School. Over the 
years, many Yale students have had the opportunity to learn from Dean 
Calabresi in his classes on torts, economic analysis of law, legal 
process, law and medicine, constitutional theory, and Federal estate 
and gift taxation.
  Law students everywhere have become well-acquainted with his 
writings, particularly his four books on the subjects of accident law, 
the distribution of scare goods within a society, common law, and the 
effects of attitudes and ideals on the law.
  For his writings, the nominee has received the American Bar 
Association Certificate of Merit, ABA's Triennial Book Award, and the 
Order of the Coif for his book ``A Common Law for the Age of 
Statutes.'' His book, ``Ideals, Beliefs, Attitudes and the Law: Private 
Law Perspectives on Public Law Problems,'' received the ABA Silver 
Gavel Award.
  Today, Dean Calabresi is widely recognized as a leading scholar in 
law and economics. He has received 19 honorary degrees and has lectured 
at many institutions and schools. In 1962, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce 
named Guido Calabresi one of the Ten Outstanding Young Men in America. 
Notre Dame awarded him the Laetare Medal as outstanding teacher of law 
and William and Mary Law School has bestowed upon him the Marshall-
Wythe Medal.
  Guido Calabresi's involvement in the New Haven community does not 
stop at his contributions to Yale Law School. Along with his wife, who 
is a full-time volunteer worker, he donates his time to programs for 
inner-city youth. He often helps out at the St. Thomas More Soup 
Kitchen, and is on the board of several organizations dedicated to 
assisting the disadvantaged, including the Dixwell Community House and 
Friends of Legal Services for Southern Connecticut, and the Gender Bias 
Task Force.
  A brilliant scholar, a dedicated teacher of law and a compassionate, 
generous man, Calabresi embodies many of the qualities that are so 
important to a good judge. I am confident that his thoughtful opinions 
and judicious temperment will serve the people of the second circuit 
and the country well. It is with pleasure that I urge his confirmation.

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