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Stephen L. Wasby

Belmont, Massachusetts

1937 - 2021

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Wasby, Stephen L. EASTHAM, Mass. Stephen L. Wasby, a resident of Eastham, Mass., died on August 2, 2021. He was a professor emeritus of political science at the University of Albany - SUNY. He was born in Boston on March 16, 1937, the son of Milton Charles Wasby and Pauline Bunshaft Wasby, and...

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As a classmate of Steve I am very proud of his contribution to achieve some victory for humanity.

No scholar has contributed more than Steve to our understanding of how federal appellate judges decide cases. Steve´s published studies of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals - based, as they were, on extended interviews with judges and access to internal court memoranda - provide unique insight into the actual workings of an important appellate court. On a more personal note, Steve was a good friend and a collaborator on many projects. There was no better person to critique a manuscript and...

Steve was brilliant and a great editor. He served the Journal of Supreme Court History for many years and his keen man nd will be missed.

I greatly enjoyed the semester in which I studied the US Supreme Court under Professor Wasby at SUNY Albany in the early `80´s. Professor Wasby was a passionate, demanding and thoroughly fair instructor. He was the sort of academician who justifies the elevated status that the title "Professor" implies. May he Rest In Peace.