William Canby
1996 - Present
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William Cameron Canby, Jr. is a federal judge on senior status with the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He joined the court in 1980 after being nominated by President Jimmy Carter. He assumed senior status on May 23, 1996.[1]
Early life and education
A native of St. Paul, Minnesota, Canby graduated from Yale University with his bachelor's degree in 1953, and from the University of Minnesota Law School with his LL.B. in 1956.[2]
Military career
Canby served as a lieutenant and judge advocate in the U.S. Air Force from 1956 to 1958.[2]
Professional career
- 1970-1971: Visiting Fulbright professor of law, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
- 1967-1980: Professor and director of the Office of Indian Law, Arizona State University College of Law
- 1967: Special assistant to the president, State University of New York at Old Westbury
- 1966: Special assistant, U.S. Sen. Walter Mondale (D-Minn.), Washington, D.C.
- 1962-1966: U.S. Peace Corps
- 1964-1966: Director, Uganda
- 1963-1964: Deputy director, Ethiopia
- 1962-1963: Associate director, Ethiopia
- 1959-1962: Private practice, St. Paul, Minn.
- 1958-1959: Law clerk, Hon. Charles Whittaker, Supreme Court of the United States[2]
Judicial career
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Canby was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit by President Jimmy Carter on April 2, 1980, to a seat vacated by Ozell Trask. Canby was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 21, 1980, and he received his commission on May 23, 1980. Canby assumed senior status on May 23, 1996.[2] He was succeeded in this position by Judge Barry Silverman.
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Ozell Trask |
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals 1980–1996 |
Succeeded by: Barry Silverman
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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 | |||
Federal courts:
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Arizona • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Arizona
State courts:
Arizona Supreme Court • Arizona Court of Appeals • Arizona Superior Court • Arizona Justice Courts • Arizona Municipal Courts
State resources:
Courts in Arizona • Arizona judicial elections • Judicial selection in Arizona
