On this date in 1958, Justice Nels Johnson on the North Dakota Supreme Court died at age 62. Born in Akrens, Iceland on April 30, 1896, Johnson immigrated with his parent to the United States in 1900. He attended school in McHenry County and graduated from Bottineau High School in 1917. After graduating from the […]
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On this date in 1880, Justice Luther Birdzell of the North Dakota Supreme Court was born in St. Joseph, Illinois. After graduating from the University of Illinois School of Law, Birdzell moved to North Dakota to teach at the University of North Dakota School of Law from 1904 to 1912. From 1912 to 1914, Birdzell […]
On this date in 1874, Judge John M. Read died at his home in Philadephia, PA. John Read was born in Philadelphia on July 21, 1797 just across the street from Independence Hall. Educated at the University of Pennsylvania, he then read the law, and was admitted to the bar in 1818. While in private […]
On this date in 1922, Justice Pierce Butler was nominated by President Warren G. Harding as an Associate Justice on the United States Supreme Court for the seat vacated by the retiring Justice William Day (See November 13th entry). Butler was born to immigrant Irish parents in Dakota County, Minnesota on March 17, 1866. He […]
On this date in 1885, Judge John J. Parker was born in Monroe, North Carolina. After receiving both his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Parker went on to practice law in the North Carolina cities of Greensboro, Monroe and Charolette from 1908 to 1922. During this time […]
On this date in 1878, Justice George Moellring of the North Dakota Supreme Court was born in Quincy, Illinois. Raised in Quincy, Illinois, Moellring graduated law school at the tender age 19 fron Chaddock College of Law. Too young to be admitted to the Bar, Moellring went on to receive his LLM from Highland Park […]
On this date in 1922, Justice William Rufus Day retired as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Justice Day was born on April 17, 1849 in Ravenna, Ohio. A graduate of the Univesity of Michigan School of Law, Day spent the next couple of decades of his career as a litigator in […]
On this date in 1987, Judge Douglas Ginsburg was nominated by President Ronald Reagan as an Associate Justice on the United States Supreme Court. The position he was nominated for was that of Justice Lewis Powell, who was retiring. Judge Ginsburg was not President Reagan’s first choice as his nomination would come on the heels […]
On this date in 1896, Justice Thomas J. Burke was born in Rolla, North Dakota. After serving in the Navy during World War I, Justice Burke attended and graduated with his Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University. He studied the law under his father, Justice John Burke (then a former N.D. Governor and former […]
On this date in 1987, The United States Senate rejected the nomination of Judge Robert Bork as an Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court by a vote of 58-42. Born in 1927 in Pittsburgh, PA, Judge Bork was a graduate of the University of Chicago. He was a professor of law at Yale Law […]