William Canby, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

William Canby

American judge

Date of Birth: 22-May-1931

Place of Birth: Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States

Profession: judge, lawyer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

William Cameron Canby Jr.
(born May 22, 1931) is a Senior United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, sitting in Phoenix, Arizona. As both a professor at Arizona State University College of Law and a Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Canby has become known as an authority on American Indian law.
He has authored law review articles, a major textbook, and the West Nutshell Series primer on the subject.
While still a professor at ASU, Canby successfully argued the case of Bates v.
State Bar of Arizona, in which the Supreme Court held that the First Amendment allows lawyers to advertise in a manner that is not misleading to members of the general public.