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Frank James Battisti (October 4 1922 – October 19 1994) was an American jurist who served as the 21st district judge for the Northern District of Ohio between 1961 and 1990. He spent 22 of his 31 years on the District Court as chief judge replacing Judge Girard E. Kalbfleisch on August 4 1969.Judge Battisti’s career featured groundbreaking—and sometimes controversial—rulings notably his finding in 1976 that the Cleveland public school system was guilty of racial segregation.
