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Orie Leon Phillips

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1923–1929

Orie Leon Phillips , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Orie Leon Phillips (November 20, 1885 – November 14, 1974) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico.

Education

  • University of Michigan Law SchoolJ.D., 1908

Career

Private practice, Raton, New Mexico, 1910-1923; Assistant district attorney, Eighth Judicial District, New Mexico, 1912-1916; General attorney, St. Louis, Rocky Mountain, and Pacific Company, 1917-1923; State senator, New Mexico, 1920-1923; Member, Conference of Senior Circuit Judges, 1940-1948, and Judicial Conference of the United States, 1948-1955

Biography

Orie Leon Phillips (November 20, 1885 – November 14, 1974) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico.

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