Law Practice
Aug. 7, 2009
Pioneering Federal Judge Was a Fearless Defender of Equality
Robert M. Takasugi, the nation's first Japanese-American federal judge and a man whose childhood experience in a World War II internment camp made him a fearless defender of constitutional protections, particularly for minorities, has died.
Daily Journal Staff Writer LOS ANGELES - Robert M. Takasugi, the nation's first Japanese-American federal judge and a man whose childhood experience in a World War II internment camp made him a fearless defender of constitutional protections, particularly for minorities, has died. Takasugi, who had been in ill health the past year, died Tuesday in Los Angeles. He was 78. The judge's death came as a blow to his colleagues on t...
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