Benchlight The federal appellate judiciary

Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Dwight D. EisenhowerRepublican president
Seat
CA10104
Nominated
Feb. 26, 1959
Committee hearing
May 4, 1959
Committee action
Reported (favorably)Sept. 8, 1959
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
Sept. 9, 1959
Commissioned
Sept. 10, 1959
Chief Judge from
Jan. 1, 1965until Jan. 1, 1972
Senior status
Aug. 31, 1972
Service ended
Sept. 25, 2002Death

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 District of Massachusetts Judge April 27, 1954 Sept. 15, 1959 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Dwight D. Eisenhower
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit Judge Sept. 10, 1959 Sept. 25, 2002 Death Dwight D. Eisenhower

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.