Benchlight The federal appellate judiciary

Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
John F. KennedyDemocratic president
Seat
CA80802
Nominated
May 23, 1961
Committee hearing
June 12, 1961
Committee action
Reported (no recommendation recorded)June 14, 1961
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
June 14, 1961
Commissioned
June 15, 1961
Senior status
April 16, 1965
Service ended
March 2, 1967Death

Source Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Judges. Party shown is the party of the appointing president, which is a fact about the president, not about the judge.

Judicial service history

Every federal judicial office held, in order of appointment.

CourtTitleCommissionedEndedAppointed by
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri Judge April 7, 1945 June 30, 1961 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Franklin D. Roosevelt
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Judge June 15, 1961 March 2, 1967 Death John F. Kennedy

Recent judicial activity

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Cases

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Judicial writings

No writings are attributed to this judge in the ingested records.

Source Authorship is recorded only where the source data carries it. For recent Courts of Appeals opinions CourtListener frequently publishes the decision as a single document without naming the authoring judge, so an absence here means the attribution is unavailable upstream — not that the judge has written nothing.