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W. Wallace Kent

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1954–1970

W. Wallace Kent , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. W. Wallace Kent (May 1, 1916 – May 28, 1973) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan.

Education

  • Western State Teachers College (now Western Michigan University)B.A., 1937
  • University of Michigan Law SchoolJ.D., 1940

Career

Assistant prosecutor/friend of the court, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, 1941-1944; Prosecutor, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, 1945-1946; Private practice, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, 1944-1954

Biography

W. Wallace Kent (May 1, 1916 – May 28, 1973) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan.

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