Stewart Freeman Hancock Jr. (February 2, 1923 – February 11, 2014) was a judge of the New York Court of Appeals, the highest court in the state of New York, from 1986 to 1993.
degree in 1945 from the United States Naval Academy and was an active duty member of the United States Navy for three-and-a-half years.
[1] On January 8, 1986, Governor Mario Cuomo appointed Hancock to a seat on the Court of Appeals vacated by Judge Matthew Jasen; Hancock was one of three Republican judges appointed to the court by Cuomo, a Democrat.
In 1994, after completing his service on the Court, Hancock rejoined the firm founded by his grandfather.
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