David P. Currie | |
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| Born | May 29, 1936 Macon, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | October 15, 2007 (aged 71) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago (BA) Harvard University (LLB) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Constitutional law |
| Institutions | University of Chicago Law School |
David P. Currie (May 29, 1936 – October 15, 2007) was an American legal scholar who was the Edward H. Levi Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School, noted for his histories of the Constitution in Congress and the Supreme Court, his casebooks on federal courts and conflict of laws. He was the son of legal scholar Brainerd Currie. His wife was Barbara Flynn Currie, Majority Leader of the Illinois House of Representatives.