Curtis R. Reitz

Curtis Randall Reitz (born November 20, 1929)[1] is the Algernon Sydney Biddle Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.[2]

Professor

Curtis Randall Reitz
Born (1929-11-20) November 20, 1929
Reading, Pennsylvania
TitleAlgernon Sydney Biddle Professor of Law
Academic background
Alma mater
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Pennsylvania Law School

Biography

Reitz was born in Reading, Pennsylvania.[2] His father was a jeweler, and his mother was a teacher.[2] He attended Reading High School.[2]

He received his A.B. in History from the University of Pennsylvania in 1952 (Phi Beta Kappa). He then spent two years in the armed forces during the Korean War.[2] Reitz then earned his LL.B. summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1956.[3][4][2] He served as the editor-in-chief of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review from 1955 to 1956. At Penn Law he was a student of A. Leo Levin, and a research assistant for Professor Louis B. Schwartz.[2] He then worked as a law clerk to United States Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren from 1956 to 1957.[4]

He is the Algernon Sydney Biddle Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.[3] He has taught at the law school since 1957.[3] The Penn Law Class of 1968 created the Class of 1968 Scholarship Fund Honoring Curtis R. Reitz, which provides financial support to LL.M. students at the school.[5]

Reitz has represented Pennsylvania for 25 years in the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, and is chair of the Conference's Committee on International Legal Developments.[3] He also participated in the recent revision of the Uniform Commercial Code. His recent work has focused on international commercial law, including aspects of the World Trade Organization's operations.

Selected publications
  • Cases and Materials on International Regulation of Trade and Investment (2006)
  • Sales and Transactions: Domestic and International Law (3d ed. 2006)
  • The Law of Sales and Secured Financing (with John Honnold, Steven L. Harris, and Charles W. Mooney Jr.) (7th ed. 2002)
  • Cases, Problems and Materials on Sales Transactions: Domestic and International Law (with John Honnold) (1992)
  • Construction Lenders' Liability to Contractors, Subcontractors, and Materialmen, in Construction Litigation (K. Cushman, Ed. 1981)
  • Federal Habeas Corpus: Impact of an Abortive State Proceeding, 74 Harv. L. Rev. 1315 (1961)

References
  1. "Curtis Randall Reitz". University Archives and Records Center. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  2. Biddle Law Library: Biddle Law Library: • Penn Law
  3. Penn Law Faculty: Curtis R. Reitz L'56, expert on Commercial Law, Contracts, Criminal Sentencing, International Trade, Professional Responsibility
  4. https://www.law.upenn.edu/cf/faculty/creitz/cv.pdf
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