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Elwyn Riley Shaw
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois · 1944
Elwyn Riley Shaw , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Elwyn Riley Shaw (October 19, 1888 – July 18, 1950) was an Illinois lawyer and judge who served as a justice of the Illinois Supreme Court (1933–1942), United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (1944–1950) and briefly as a member of National Railway Labor Panel in 1943.
Education
- University of Michigan Law SchoolLL.B., 1910
Career
Private practice, Freeport, Illinois, 1910-; Justice, Illinois Supreme Court, 1933-1942; chief justice, 1938-1939; Member, National Railway Labor Panel, 1943
Biography
Elwyn Riley Shaw (October 19, 1888 – July 18, 1950) was an Illinois lawyer and judge who served as a justice of the Illinois Supreme Court (1933–1942), United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (1944–1950) and briefly as a member of National Railway Labor Panel in 1943.
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