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Latest revision as of 13:42, 12 August 2021
William Orr (1881-1965) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Orr was nominated by President Harry Truman on September 10, 1945, to a seat vacated by Curtis Dwight Wilbur. He was confirmed by the Senate on September 19th, and received commission on September 28th. On January 1, 1956, he assumed senior status. He continued to serve in this capacity until his death on October 7, 1965.
Education
- University of Nevada, Reno
- Read law, 1912
Professional career
- County clerk, Lincoln County, Nevada, 1906-1910
- County treasurer, Lincoln County, Nevada, 1911-1912
- District attorney, Lincoln County, Nevada, 1913-1918
- District judge, Lincoln County, Nevada, 1919-1939
- Justice, Nevada Supreme Court, 1939-1945
- Chief justice, 1943-1945
External links
- Biography (dead link) at the Federal Judicial Center.
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| 1945 |
Burton • Clark • Donovan • Gilliam • Gourley • Holtzoff • Koscinski • Madden • Mathes • Mellott • S. Miller • W. Miller • Mollison • O'Connell • Orr • Prettyman • Rice | ||
| 1946 |
Curran • Driver • Follmer • Harris • Kalodner • Kampf • Keech • Levin • Lynne • McGranery • Murphy • Rodney • Scarlett • Shelbourne • Speakman • Starr • Vinson • Weinberger | ||
| 1947 |
Bryan, Sr. • Christenberry • Clifford • Collet • Dooley • Harper • Howell • Johnson • Jones • Lemmon • Medina • Rayfiel • Ryan • Thomason | ||
| 1948 |
Harper • Henderson • Johnson • Kaufman • Proctor • Rao • Stephens • Tamm | ||
| 1949 |
Allred • Andrews • Bazelon • Borah • Burns • Carter • Clark • Clary • Conger • Connally • Duffy • Erskine • Fahy • Finnegan • Foley • Ford • Gibson • Grim • Hastie • Hatch • Hill • Hooper • Kaufman • Kirkland • Lindley • Matthews • McCarthy • McGohey • McLaughlin • Minton • Murray • Noonan • Pickett • Platt • Pope • Ritter • Russell • Solomon • Sugarman • Swaim • Switzer • Taylor • Tehan • Thornton • Warlick • Washington • Westover • Wright | ||
| 1950 |
Bastian • Byrne, Sr. • Carter • Knous • Marsh • Murphy • Simpson • Staley • Steckler • Strum • Wallace • Weinfeld • Whitehurst • Worley | ||
| 1951 |
Dimock • Edelstein • Hartigan • Hartshorne • Leahy • Lindberg • McNamee • Medina • Modarelli • Murphy • Perry • Rives • Sheehy • Sloan • Stewart • Thomas • Tolin • Youngdahl | ||
| 1952 | |||
