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Frederick Landis

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Frederick Landis
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Nonpartisan
Prior offices:
United States Court of International Trade
Years in office: 1983 - 1990

Years in office: 1980 - 1983

United States Customs Court
Years in office: 1965 - 1980
Personal
Birthplace
Logansport, IN

Frederick Landis (1912-1990) was a federal judge on the United States Court of International Trade and the United States Customs Court, and a justice of the Indiana Supreme Court. Landis died on March 1, 1990.

Federal judicial career

He was nominated to the USCC by President Lyndon Johnson. He was commissioned on October 16, 1965. He was reassigned to the new Court of International Trade when the USCC was dissolved, receiving his commission on November 1, 1980. He assumed senior status on December 31, 1983, and served in that capacity until his death on March 1, 1990.[1][2]

Education

  • Indiana University, A.B., 1932
  • Indiana University School of Law, LL.B., 1934

Professional career

  • Private practice, Logansport, Indiana, 1935-1955
  • Deputy prosecuting attorney, Twenty-ninth Judicial District of Indiana 1935-1936
  • Prosecuting attorney, Twenty-ninth Judicial District of Indiana, 1938-1940
  • U.S. Naval Reserve Lieutenant, 1942-1946
  • Member, Indiana House of Representatives, 1950-1952
  • Member, Indiana State Senate, 1952-1955
  • Justice, Indiana Supreme Court, 1955-1965

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