Judicial Service
Friendly was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to a seat on the Second Circuit vacated by Harold Raymond Medina. Friendly's appointment had been endorsed on the basis of merit by several prominent judges and lawyers, including Judge Learned Hand.
Judge Friendly was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 9, 1959, and received his commission the next day. He served as the Chief Judge of the Second Circuit from 1971 to 1973.
Friendly's opinions for the Second Circuit were considered scholarly and of superior quality; many are still cited today, particularly in the field of securities law.
Friendly received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977.
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