Denny Chin

          U.S. Circuit Judge, Second Circuit
          Nominated: October 6, 2009
          ABA Rating: Unanimously Well Qualified
          Committee Questionnaire
          Hearing Date: November 18, 2009
          Questions For The Record
          Reported By Committee: Dec. 10, 2009

• Chin in Homosexual Defamation Case - Chin: "[I]n 2009, the 'current of contemporary public opinion' does not support the notion that New Yorkers view gays and lesbians as shameful or odious ...." and " ... the New York Court of Appeals has not, in its most recent opinion touching on social attitudes toward homosexuality, given any indication that it perceives widespread disapproval of homosexuality in New York."