Photo: #Judge Gerald Heaney at work in his Duluth office. He will retire from the bench at the end of the summer after decades of service to the courts and the DFL party.
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Judge Gerald Heaney at work in his Duluth office. He will retire from the bench at the end of the summer after decades of service to the courts and the DFL party. (MPR Photo/Stephanie Hemphill)

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The life of retired judge Gerald Heaney

Broadcast: Midday, 05/25/2007, 12:30 p.m.

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President Bush signed legislation recently officially renaming the federal building in Duluth the Gerald W. Heaney Federal Building. Heaney, who retired as a federal judge last year, was responsible for many important rulings, particularly in the area of desegregation. He also endured fierce combat in World War II.

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