Benchlight The federal appellate judiciary

Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Dwight D. EisenhowerRepublican president
Seat
CA20306
Nominated
Jan. 11, 1954
Committee hearing
Feb. 4, 1954
Committee action
Reported (favorably)Feb. 8, 1954
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
Feb. 9, 1954
Commissioned
Feb. 9, 1954
Senior status
May 15, 1959
Service ended
Sept. 30, 1964Death

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 Connecticut Judge Jan. 24, 1931 Dec. 7, 1953 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Herbert Hoover
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Judge Feb. 9, 1954 Sept. 30, 1964 Death Dwight D. Eisenhower

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.