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Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Gerald FordRepublican president
Seat
CA90308
Nominated
June 18, 1976
Committee hearing
June 30, 1976
Committee action
Reported (favorably)June 30, 1976
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
July 2, 1976
Commissioned
July 2, 1976
ABA rating
Qualified
Service ended
April 16, 1988Death

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 Idaho Judge Dec. 9, 1971 July 23, 1976 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Richard M. Nixon
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Judge July 2, 1976 April 16, 1988 Death Gerald Ford

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.