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George Clifton Edwards Jr.
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1963
George Clifton Edwards Jr., Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Education
- Southern Methodist UniversityB.A., 1933
- Harvard UniversityM.A., 1934
- Detroit College of Law (now Michigan State University College of Law)Certificate of Completion, 1944
- Detroit College of Law (now Michigan State University College of Law)J.D., 1949
Career
U.S. Army, 1943-1946; Private practice, Detroit, Michigan, 1946-1950; President, Detroit [Michigan] Common Council, 1946-1950; Chairman, Detroit [Michigan] Election Commission, 1946-1950; Probate judge in charge of Wayne County [Michigan] Juvenile Court, 1951-1954; Judge, Michigan Circuit Court, Wayne County, 1954-1956; Justice, Michigan Supreme Court, 1956-1961; Police commissioner, Detroit, Michigan, 1962-1963; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1979-1983
Biography
George Clifton Edwards Jr. (August 6, 1914 – April 8, 1995) was a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
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