Federal judiciary
Fenton Whitlock Booth
Chief Justice, Court of Claims
Appointment
- Court
- Court of Claims
- Title
- Chief Justice
- Appointed by
- Calvin CoolidgeRepublican president
- Seat
- CLMS0407
- Nominated
- April 18, 1928
- Committee action
- Not Reported
- Senate vote
- Voice
- Confirmed
- April 18, 1928
- Commissioned
- April 18, 1928
- Senior status
- June 15, 1939
- Service ended
- July 26, 1947Death
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.
| Court | Title | Commissioned | Ended | Appointed by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Court of Claims | Judge | March 17, 1905 | April 23, 1928 Appointment to Another Judicial Position | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Court of Claims | Chief Justice | April 18, 1928 | July 26, 1947 Death | Calvin Coolidge |
Recent judicial activity
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- No recorded activity.
Cases
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No panel assignments recorded in the ingested window.
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.