Justice Sonia Sotomayor

Background Info.

• Born in Bronx, NY (06/25/1954)
• Father (Juan) and Mother (Celina) were immagrants
• Factory worker and she was a telephone operator then a nurse
• (8)Sonia was diagnosed with type-1 diabetes taking insulin injections daily
• (9)her dad died of a heart attack

Schools/Education

• Graduated Valedictorian from Cardinal Spellman H.S. ('72)
• Full Time Scholarship to Princeton University
• She was quiet/intimidated... Eventually found her voice
• Activist for Puerto Rican and Hispanic issues
• Princeton hired Hispanics and began Latin American studies

After College,
Sotomayor married HS boyfriend, Kevin Edward Noonan (biologist and patent lawyer)

Now she's going for more edu. (Law School)

• Earned Scholarship to Yale
• Influenced from Perry Mason.
• Editor of the Yale Law Journal.
• She received her Juris Doctor from Yale ('78)
• Then admitted to the NY Bar

Juris Doctor-professional doctorate and first professional graduate degree in law

NY Bar- Test to take to become a lawyer

Beliefs:

Important Court Case->Clarett v. National Football League

• Maurice Clarett
• hes got to wait @ least three full football seasons, after HS Graduation.
• they claim it "Violates the antitrust laws"
• Clarett filed this suit alleging that the NFL’s draft eligibility rules
• Unreasonable restraint of trade in violation of Sec 1 of the Sherman Act

Important Court Case->Clarett v. National Football League

• judgment of district court is REVERSED & the case REMANDED
• The instructions were to enter judgment of: in favor of the NFL.