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Robert McNichols
Robert James McNichols (1922-1993) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington.
McNichols was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on November 6, 1979, to a new seat created by 92 Stat. 1629; he was confirmed by the Senate on December 5, 1979, and received commission on December 10, 1979. From 1980-1989, he served as the chief judge. He assumed senior status on April 20, 1991. He served the Eastern District of Washington until his death on January 20, 1993. McNichols was succeeded in this position by William Nielsen.
Early life and education
- Gonzaga University School of Law, LL.B., 1952
Professional career
- U.S. Army, 1940-1941, 1943-1946
- Law clerk, Hon. Edward Schaellenback, Supreme Court of Washington, 1952
- Deputy prosecuting attorney, Spokane, Washington, 1953-1954
- Private practice, Spokane, Washington, 1955-1979
Judicial career
Eastern District of Washington
McNichols was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on November 6, 1979, to a new seat created by 92 Stat. 1629[1]; he was confirmed by the Senate on December 5, 1979, and received commission on December 10, 1979. From 1980-1989, he served as the chief judge. He assumed senior status on April 20, 1991. He served the Eastern District of Washington until his death on January 20, 1993. McNichols was succeeded in this position by William Nielsen.
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Footnotes
- ↑ McNichols' Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
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| Preceded by: NA-New Seat |
Eastern District of Washington 1979–1991 Seat #2 |
Succeeded by: William Nielsen
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| 1977 |
Ballantine • Bownes • Boyle • Bua • Carr • Clark • Cowan • Daly • Filippine • Higginbotham • Hoeveler • Hug • Johnstone • Kane • Keith • Leval • Logan • MacLaughlin • McKay • Melton • Merritt • Murphy • Nickerson • Oberdorfer • Roszkowski • Roy • Rubin • Sifton • Tang • Vance • Veron | ||
| 1978 |
Arnold • Baker • Boyle • Burns • Campos • Claiborne • Collins • Cook • Devine • Diamond • Duplantier • Edenfield • Friedman • Gonzalez • Greene • Jenkins • Lowe • Mazzone • McMillian • O'Brien • Pfaelzer • Phillips • Pollak • Sand • Shapiro • Simmons • Smith • Sweet • Tanner • Wiseman • Ziegler | ||
| 1979 |
Ackerman • Alarcon • Anderson • Arceneaux • Arnold • Aspen • Beatty • Beer • Belew • Bertelsman • Bilby • N. Black • S. Black • Bloch • Bowen • Brett • Brooks • Brown • Buchmeyer • Bunton • Burciaga • Cabranes • Carr • Carrigan • Castagna • Cire • Clark • Cohn • Conaboy • Cordova • Crabb • Cudahy • Davis • DeAnda • Debevoise • Edwards • Eginton • Ellison • Enslen • O. Evans • T. Evans • Farris • Ferguson • Fletcher • Frye • Garcia • Garza • B. Gibson • H. Gibson • Gierbolini-Ortiz • Giles • Gilliam • Green • Hall • Hastings • Hatchett • Hatfield • Hatter • Hawkins • Henderson • Higby • Hillman • Houck • Howard • Hudspeth • Hungate • F. Johnson • S. Johnson • N. Jones • S. Jones • Karlton • Kazen • Kearse • Keeton • Kehoe • Kennedy • Kidd • King • Kravitch • Loughlin • Martin • McCurn • McDonald • McNaught • McNichols • Mikva • Mitchell • Moran • Murnaghan • Murphy • D. Nelson • D.W. Nelson • Newblatt • Newman • Overton • Paine • Panner • J. Parker • R. Parker • Penn • Perez-Gimenez • Perry • Politz • Poole • Porter • Pregerson • Price • Rambo • Ramirez • Reavley • Redden • E. Reed • S. Reed • Reinhardt • Renner • Robinson • Rothstein • Sachs • Saffels • Sanders • Sarokin • Schroeder • Schwartz • Seay • Senter • Seymour • Shannon • Shaw • Shoob • Skopil • Sloviter • Sofaer • Spellman • Sprouse • Staker • Tate • Taylor • Thompson • Tidwell • Unthank • Vietor • Vining • Wald • Ward • Weinshienk • West • Wicker • Williams • Winder • Woods • Wright • Zobel | ||
| 1980 |
Aguilar • Aldrich • Anderson • Boochever • Breyer • Britt • Cahill • Canby • Carroll • Cerezo • Clemon • S. Ervin • R. Erwin • Getzendanner • Gilmore • Ginsburg • Haltom • Hardy • Henderson • Hobbs • Holschuh • Horton • Howard • Johnson • Keep • Kelly • Kenyon • Kocoras • Marquez • Marshall • Michael • Nixon • Norris • Patel • Polozola • Propst • Quackenbush • Ramsey • Rice • Shadur • Spiegel • Tashima • Thompson • Vela • White • Williams | ||
| 1981 | |||
