Newman, Oldest US Judge, Feted Again in Non-Farewell Tour (1)

Judge Pauline Newman, the nation’s oldest active federal judge, was showered with praise at an intellectual property conference in suburban Washington, D.C., even as her colleagues on the bench have barred her from receiving cases for at least a year.

The 96-year-old jurist, several of her law clerks and a former colleague almost completely avoided mention of the controversy around her health and status on the US Court of Appeal for the Federal Circuit. Newman was investigated for allegedly lacking the fitness to carry out her judicial duties, then was suspended after refusing to undergo testing ordered by her colleagues. ...