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Appointment

Court
Court of Claims
Title
Chief Judge
Appointed by
None (reassignment)None (reassignment) president
Seat
CLMS0701
Commissioned
Sept. 1, 1948
Senior status
July 14, 1964
Service ended
March 4, 1976Death

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
Court of Claims Judge Nov. 20, 1940 July 10, 1947 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Franklin D. Roosevelt
Court of Claims Chief Justice July 9, 1947 Sept. 1, 1948 Reassignment Harry S Truman
Court of Claims Chief Judge Sept. 1, 1948 March 4, 1976 Death None (reassignment)

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.