Calvin R. Massey
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{{Short description|American legal scholar}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Calvin R. Massey
| birth_date = 1951
| death_date = {{death year and age|2015|1951}}
| occupation = Professor of Law
| nationality = American
| alma_mater = Pomona College
Columbia Law School
}}
Calvin R. Massey (1951–2015) was an American legal scholar known for his influential work in constitutional law and property law.{{cite journal |last=Mignanelli |first=Nicholas |title=The Life and Legacy of Professor Calvin R. Massey: A Select Annotated Bibliography |journal=Hastings Law Journal |volume=68 |issue=4 |pages=795–816 |year=2017 |url=https://repository.uchastings.edu/hastings_law_journal/vol68/iss4/3}} He taught at UC Hastings College of the Law and the University of New Hampshire School of Law.
Early life and education
Massey earned his Bachelor of Arts from Pomona College. He received his J.D. from Columbia Law School, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Columbia Law Review. After law school, he clerked for Judge James R. Browning of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He also practiced law at the firm of Morrison & Foerster in San Francisco.
Academic career
Massey joined the faculty of UC Hastings in 1987. He taught courses including constitutional law, property law, and law and religion. He was known for his conceptual clarity and deep engagement with students. Later in his career, Massey became the Daniel Webster Distinguished Professor at the University of New Hampshire School of Law.
His scholarly work focused on structural constitutional principles, federalism, and individual rights. Massey authored the casebook American Constitutional Law: Powers and Liberties, which was widely adopted in law schools.
In September 2010, Massey conducted a public interview with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia for University of California Television, discussing originalism, constitutional interpretation, and the role of the judiciary.{{cite web |title=Justice Antonin Scalia in Conversation with Calvin Massey |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvttIukZEtM&t=3055s |website=YouTube |publisher=University of California Television |date=September 2010 |access-date=April 22, 2025}}
Selected publications
Massey’s work includes:
- American Constitutional Law: Powers and Liberties (Aspen Publishers)
- “Federalism and the Rehnquist Court,” Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly
- “The New Formalism: Requiem for Tiered Scrutiny?” University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law
An annotated bibliography of his published scholarship appeared in a 2017 tribute in the Hastings Law Journal.
Legacy
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Category:American legal scholars
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Category:University of New Hampshire faculty
Category:Pomona College alumni