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David Leonard Barnes
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island · 1802
David Leonard Barnes , Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island. David Leonard Barnes (January 28, 1760 – November 3, 1812) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island and the winning party and the winning attorney in the first United States Supreme Court decision, West v. Barnes (1791).
Education
- Harvard College1780
- Read law1783
Career
Private practice, Taunton, Massachusetts, 1783-1793; Private practice, Providence, Rhode Island, 1793-1802
Biography
David Leonard Barnes (January 28, 1760 – November 3, 1812) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island and the winning party and the winning attorney in the first United States Supreme Court decision, West v. Barnes (1791).
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