Bruce M. Selya Dead: Federal Judge Known for Polysyllabic Prose Dies at 90
Bruce M. Selya, a federal judge who issued more than 1,800 opinions and was celebrated (and occasionally chided) for a sesquipedalian writing style — that is, his use of long words that sent readers scrambling for a dictionary — died on Feb. 22 in Providence, R.I. He was 90. His family announced his death. A … Read more