It was Judge Kaufman who the Supreme Court reversed in the 1979 decision.

In his opinion, Judge Kaufman wrote that heart disease cannot be diagnosed by simple meaures "nor cured by panacea."

On the other hand, many people including myself will wonder why Judge Kaufman is moved only by the plight of young lawyers.

In November 1974, Judge Kaufman sentenced 11 teachers to jail after they refused to return to work.

Al Cohn had played a big part in getting Judge Kaufman a Federal judgeship.

In sentencing the Rosenbergs, Judge Kaufman called their crime "worse than murder."

On appeal, Judge Kaufman dismissed the remainder.

The Supreme Court, agreeing with Judge Kaufman, reversed the decision.

The only stipulation, Judge Kaufman said, is that the decision to take one's own life must be reasonable and made of the suffering person's own free will.

President Kennedy named Judge Kaufman to the Federal appeals court in 1961.