Benchlight The federal appellate judiciary

Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Lyndon B. JohnsonDemocratic president
Seat
CA90903
Nominated
Nov. 6, 1967
Committee hearing
Nov. 15, 1967
Committee action
Reported (favorably)Nov. 15, 1967
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
Nov. 16, 1967
Commissioned
Nov. 16, 1967
ABA rating
Well Qualified
Senior status
Sept. 30, 1971
Service ended
Nov. 18, 1979Death

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 Southern District of California Judge Oct. 18, 1949 Dec. 1, 1967 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Harry S Truman
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Judge Nov. 16, 1967 Nov. 18, 1979 Death Lyndon B. Johnson

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.