John Lewis Smith (United States District Court for the District of Columbia judge)
This page is about the United States District Court for the District of Columbia judge. For other judges with a similar name, please see John Lewis.
John Lewis Smith, Jr. (1912-1992) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
Smith was nominated by President Lyndon Johnson on October 6, 1966, to a seat vacated by Luther Youngdahl; he was confirmed by the Senate on October 20, 1966, and received commission on November 3. He served as chief judge from 1981-1982, and assumed senior status on January 31, 1983. He served until his death on September 4, 1992.
Education
- Princeton University, A.B., 1935
- Georgetown University Law School, LL.B., 1938
- Georgetown University Law School, LL.M., 1939
Professional career
- Assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, 1940-1946
- U.S. Army Air Corps Lieutenant Colonel, 1942-1946
- Private practice, Washington, DC, 1946-1956
- Commissioner, District of Columbia Public Utilities Commission, 1956-1957
- Associate judge, District of Columbia Court of General Sessions, 1957-1959
- Chief judge, District of Columbia Court of General Sessions, 1959-1966
External links
- Biography (dead link) from the Federal Judicial Center.
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Anderson • Bratton • Christie • Collins • Cowen • Davis • Ely • Freedman • Gordon • Higginbotham • McNichols • Muecke • Nichols • Port • Rabinovitz • Robinson • Simons • Suttle • Weber • Whelan • Zampano | ||
| 1965 |
Bryant • Celebrezze • Coffin • Coleman • Collinson • Corcoran • Doyle • Eubanks • Fortas • Frankel • Gasch • Gibson • Gordon • Harris • Hemphill • Hill • Hunter • Landis • Langley • Leventhal • Maxwell • McEntee • Mehrtens • Nichol • Reynolds • Russell • Smith • Tamm • Thornberry • Young | ||
| 1966 |
Ainsworth • Atkins • Boyle • Cabot • Cassibry • Copple • Craven • Cummings • Dyer • Fairchild • Feinberg • Ferguson • Fullam • Garrity • Godbold • Goldberg • Goodwin • Gray • Guinn • Harvey • Hauk • Heaney • Heebe • Hickey • Hogan • Kaufman • Kinneary • Krentzman • Lay • Leddy • Lord • Lynch • MacKenzie • Mansfield • McCree • McRae • Mitchell • Motley • Napoli • Nichols • Noland • Peck II • Peckham • Pettine • Pittman • Porter • Real • Roberts • Robinson • Robinson • Rubin • Russell • Scott • Seals • Seitz • Simpson • Singleton • Skelton • Smith • Smith • Taylor • Thomas • von der Heydt • Watson • Winter • Wise | ||
| 1967 |
Arnow • Beckworth • Belloni • Butzner • Cancio • Carter • Clayton • Combs • Comiskey • Curtin • Eaton • Edenfield • Fernandez-Badillo • Gesell • Gordon • Jones • Keith • Kellam • Lambros • Maletz • Marshall • Masterson • Merhige • Morgan • Murray • Neville • Pollack • Pregerson • Theis • Troutman • Van Dusen • Waddy • Weiner • Weinstein • Whipple • Williams | ||
| 1968 |
Aldisert • Baldwin • Bownes • Bright • Green • Gubow • Henderson • Holloway • Hufstedler • Judd • Justice • Keady • Kerner, Jr. • Lasker • Latchum • Lawrence • McMillan • Morgan • Newman • Nixon • Pratt • Re • Rosenstein • Schwartz • Smith • Stahl • Travia • Woodward | ||
