Benchlight The federal appellate judiciary

Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Dwight D. EisenhowerRepublican president
Seat
CA90306
Nominated
April 6, 1954
Committee hearing
April 15, 1954
Committee action
Reported (favorably)April 22, 1954
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
April 23, 1954
Commissioned
April 30, 1954
Service ended
Aug. 25, 1959Death

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 Oregon Judge Dec. 23, 1931 April 30, 1954 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Herbert Hoover
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Judge April 30, 1954 Aug. 25, 1959 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.