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Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Franklin D. RooseveltDemocratic president
Seat
CA90701
Nominated
June 8, 1937
Committee action
Reported (favorably)June 14, 1937
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
June 15, 1937
Commissioned
June 18, 1937
Chief Judge from
Jan. 1, 1957until Jan. 1, 1959
Senior status
Jan. 25, 1961
Service ended
Jan. 15, 1965Death

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 Southern District of California Judge Aug. 24, 1935 June 21, 1937 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Franklin D. Roosevelt
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Judge June 18, 1937 Jan. 15, 1965 Death Franklin D. Roosevelt

Recent judicial activity

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Cases

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Judicial writings

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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.