Don John Young, Jr.
Biography Notes
 
1. Now Case Western Reserve University.
2. Young attented art school from 1932-1934 and received an art scholarship in 1933. He became a dedicated craftsman and jeweler whose work won three certificates of merit at annual exhibitions at the Cleveland Museum of Art. He was also a cabinetmaker and woodworker of great skill and ability. One of his wife's most cherished possessions was a harpsichord that he built for her as an engagement present. George C. Edwards, "A Tribute to Judge Don J. Young." 12 Toledo Bar Review x (1980-81).
3. Now Case Western Reserve University School of Law.
4. The Order of the Coif is an honorary scholastic society the purpose of which is to encourage excellence in legal education by fostering a spirit of careful study, recognizing those who as law students attained a high grade of scholarship, and honoring those who as lawyers, judges and teachers attained high distinction for their scholarly or professional accomplishments. The society was founded in 1907 at Northwestern University School of Law.
5. His co-author was Chief Judge James G. Carr of the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
6. Bruce A. Ragsdale to Rita Wallace, July 14, 1998. See attached judicial database created by Federal Judicial History Office. [Located in the Sixth Circuit Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio.]
7. Jones v. Wittenberg was a class action brought by prisoners in the Lucas County jail against the Lucas County Board of County Commissioners, the sheriff, city officials, and the City of Toledo. The court held that, where the county jail was overcrowded, lightless, airless, damp, filthy, and prisoners were subject to slow starvation and were deprived of most human contacts, exercise and recreation, the eighth amendment's constitutional prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment was violated with respect to prisoners. 323 F. Supp. 93 (N.D. Ohio 1971), aff'd sub nom. Jones v. Metzger, 456 F.2d 854 (6th Cir. 1972).
8. Scheuer v. Rhodes, 416 U.S. 232 (1974).
9. While on the federal bench, Judge Young retained control over the hiring practices of the Toledo police and fire departments after his ruling that past practices had been racially discriminatory. Clyde Hughes, "6 honored for efforts against racial bias." (Toledo) The Blade , December 5, 1998.
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