Meier Steinbrink

In 1922, he was a special assistant to the United States Attorney General in the trial of Civl War fraud cases which grew out of aircraft production.

Early in his judgeship, while treating an airplane collision, he demonstrated the elasticity of the law which permitted applying its rules to novel situations.

He later authorized a blood test to be used to demonstrate paternity, which established a precedent that later resulted in specific legislation.

In 1933, during the Great Depression, he determined the applicable law came to aid of home owners by permitting them to retain possession during the pendency of foreclosure action.

[8] As Justice, Steinbrink played a major role in establishing a Committee for the Protection of Religious Freedom Through the World in 1949.

John Howard Melish, the rector of the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church who was ordered to relinquish the rectorship by Bishop James Pernette De Wolfe for his avowed approval of his son and assistant Rev.

He was chairman of the Anti-Defamation League from 1946 to 1952, and was a vigorous opponent of racial injustice and fought for the rights of all minority groups.

He frequently called for a federal civil rights law and spoke out for fair employment practices.

[2] Steinbrink received the Gold Key Award from the Jewish Culture Foundation of New York University in 1941, a scroll from the Interfaith Movement in 1944, a citation from B'nai B'rith in 1947, a citation from the JDA in 1950, the Felix M. Warburg Memorial award from the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies in 1950, the NCCJ award from the Brooklyn division in 1955, and the Man of the Year plaque from the Metropolitan Conference of Temple Brotherhoods in 1958.

He was also a director of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce[4] and the Hebrew Educational Society, and a member of the American Bar Association, Sigma Lambda Nu, the Freemasons, and the Inwood Country Club.