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John Decker Butzner Jr.
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1962–1967
John Decker Butzner Jr., Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Education
- University of ScrantonB.A., 1938
- University of Virginia School of LawLL.B., 1941
Career
Private practice, Fredericksburg, Virginia, 1941-1942, 1946-1958; U.S. Air Force staff sergeant, Weather Service, 1942-1945; Associate judge, Virginia Circuit Court, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, 1958-1960; Judge, Virginia Circuit Court, Thirty-Ninth Judicial Circuit, 1960-1962; Board member, Federal Judicial Center, 1981-1983
Biography
John Decker Butzner Jr. (October 2, 1917 – January 20, 2006) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
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