Benchlight The federal appellate judiciary

Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Harry S TrumanDemocratic president
Seat
CA10307
Nominated
Dec. 21, 1950
Committee hearing
Dec. 28, 1950
Committee action
Reported (favorably)Jan. 2, 1951
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
Jan. 2, 1951
Commissioned
Jan. 3, 1951
Senior status
March 31, 1965
Service ended
Aug. 10, 1968Death

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 Rhode Island Judge Feb. 12, 1940 Jan. 13, 1951 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Franklin D. Roosevelt
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit Judge Jan. 3, 1951 Aug. 10, 1968 Death Harry S Truman

Recent judicial activity

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Cases

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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.