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Simon Sobeloff
Simon E. Sobeloff (1894-1973) was a federal judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit.[1]
Sobeloff was nominated by President Dwight Eisenhower on January 12, 1956, to a seat vacated by Morris Ames Soper; he was confirmed by the Senate on July 16, 1956, and received commission two days later. He served as chief judge from 1958-1964. He assumed senior status on December 31, 1970, and served in that capacity until his death on July 11, 1973.[1]
Education
- University of Maryland School of Law, LL.B., 1915[1]
Professional career
- Private practice, Baltimore, Maryland, 1914-1919
- Assistant city solicitor, Baltimore, Maryland, 1919-1923
- Private practice, Baltimore, Maryland, 1923-1927
- Deputy city solicitor, Baltimore, Maryland, 1927-1930
- U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland, 1931-1934
- Private practice, Baltimore, Maryland, 1934-1943
- City solicitor, Baltimore, Maryland, 1943-1947
- Private practice, Baltimore, Maryland, 1947-1952
- Chairman, Commission on the Administrative Organization of the State of Maryland, 1951-1952
- Chief judge, Maryland Court of Appeals, 1952-1954
- Solicitor General of the United States, 1954-1956[1]
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Judge Sobeloff's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Morris Ames Soper |
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals 1956–1973 |
Succeeded by: Donald S. Russell
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| 1953 |
Boldt • Bruchhausen • Cecil • Dawkins, Jr. • Grooms • Hamlin • Hoffman • Knoch • Schnackenberg • Warren • Willson | ||
| 1954 |
Aldrich • Anderson • Bastian • Bicks • Bootle • Boreman • Breitenstein • Brooks • Cecil • Chambers • Choate • Christensen • Connell • Danaher • Dawson • Day • Fee • Freeman • Halbert • Harlan • Hincks • Hoffman • Holder • Hunter • Ingraham • Laramore • Kent • Lemmon • Lord • McGarraghy • Mickelson • Miller • Palmieri • Parkinson • Rogers • Ross • Stewart • Taylor • Thomsen • Tuttle • Van Oosterhout • Vogel • Walsh • Whittaker • Wilson | ||
| 1955 |
Alger • Brown • Cameron • Clarke • Davies • Devitt • East • Estes • Grubb • Harlan • Jertberg • Jones • Lumbard • McIlvaine • Miller • Register • Sorg • Van Dusen • Waterman • Watkins • Wortendyke • Wright | ||
| 1956 |
Barnes • Bryan • Burger • Cashin • Hamley • Herlands • Johnson • Juergens • Kerr • Kraft • Levet • Lewis • Lieb • Mercer • Morgan • Rich • Rizley • Robinson • Smith • Sobeloff • Weick • Whittaker | ||
| 1957 |
Arraj • Breitenstein • Brennan • Egan • Gignoux • Grant • Hastings • Haynsworth • Hicklin • Jameson • Layton • Moore • O'Sullivan • Parkinson • Richardson • Sirica • Stanley • Thompson • Van Pelt • Weber • Whittaker • Wisdom • Zavatt | ||
| 1958 |
Beck • Burke • Carswell • Clayton • Hamlin • Henley • Jertberg • Knoch • Martin • Matthes • Miner • Morrill • Poos • Robson • Stanley • Steel • Stewart • Wollenberg | ||
| 1959 |
Aldrich • Bartels • Blackmun • Boreman • Butler • Castle • Cecil • Crocker • Dalton • Field • Fisher • Forman • Friendly • Hart • Henderson • Henley • Julian • Kalbfleisch • Kilkenny • Koelsch • Kunzel • MacMahon • Merrill • Metzner • Powell • Smith • Sweigert • Walsh • Weick • Weinman • Wood • Worley • Young | ||
| 1960 |
Caffrey • Chilson • Durfee • Hodge • Kaess • Lane • Lewis • Mishler • O'Sullivan • Paul • Smith • Stephenson • Tavares • Timbers | ||
