On this date in 1921, Chief Justice Edward Douglass White Jr. died in Washington, D.C.. Born on November 3, 1845 in Thibodeaux, Louisiana, White was raised in a prominent political family. His father was a former Louisiana Governor and his grandfather a congressman and later judge. White attended Georgetown University when the Civil War interrupted […]
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On this date in 1829, Chief Justice John Jay died in Bedford, New York from stroke related issues. Born on December 12, 1745 in New York City, Jay was born into a weathy family from Rye, New York. He attended at graduated King’s College (later known as Columbia College) in 1760. He “read the law” […]
On this date in 1861, Justice John McLean of the United State Supreme Court died in Cincinnati, Ohio. Born in Morris County, New Jersey on March 11, 1785, McLean moved with his family to Virginia, Kentucky and eventually Ohio. In 1804, McLean took a position as Clerk of Court of Common Pleas of Hamilton County, […]
On March 26, 2014, Larry Richards spoke to member of the Greater Grand Forks Apartment Association at their monthly meeting which was held at noon at the Pizza Ranch restaurant. The topice discussed was on forcible detainer actions, which are commonly known as evictions, which is one of Larry’s areas of expertise. Larry is also […]
On this date in 1809, Justice George W. Woodward was born in Bethany, Pennsylvania. Educated at Geneva Seminary in New York and Wilkes-Barre Academy, Woodward went on to “read the law” and was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar in 1830. He practiced law in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania until he became a presiding state court judge for […]
On this date in 1877, Justice David Davis resigned his seat as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Born on March 9, 1815 in Cecil County, Maryland, David attended Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio and graduated law school from Yale University in 1835. Davis moved to Bloomington, Illiois where he practiced law. […]
On this date in 1841, Peter Daniel was nominated by President Martin Van Buren as an Associate Justice on the United States Supreme Court. Daniel was born in Stafford County, Virginia to a old, established family. He attended the College of New Jersey for one year before “reading the law” with Edmund Randolph, who was […]
On this date in 1882, President Chester A. Arthur nominated Roscoe Conkling to serve as an Associate Justice on the United States Supreme Court for the seat being vacated by Justice Ward Hunt. Conkling was born on October 30, 1829 in Albany, NY to U.S. Congressman and future federal judge. After “reading the law” in […]
On this date in 1903, Justice George Shiras, Jr. retired as an Associate Justice on the United States Supreme Court. Shiras was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on January 26, 1832. He studied at Ohio University and Yale, where he graduated in 1853. He briefly studied at Yale Law School before leaving to “read the law” […]
On this date in 1901, Justice Charles Whittaker was born near Troy, Kansas. Growing up on a farm near Troy, Whittaker attended a one room school and dropped out in the 9th grade to to sell skunk pelts. By 1920, Whittaker had saved up enough to move to Kansas City to pursue his dream of […]