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Samuel James Ervin III

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1980

Samuel James Ervin III, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Education

  • Davidson CollegeB.S., 1948
  • Harvard Law SchoolLL.B., 1951

Career

U.S. Army lieutenant, 1944-1946, 1951-1952; Private practice, Morganton, North Carolina, 1952-1967; Solicitor, Burke County [North Carolina] Board of Commissioners, 1954-1956; State representative, North Carolina, 1965-1967; Judge, North Carolina Superior Court, 1967-1980; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1989-1995

Biography

Samuel James Ervin III (March 2, 1926 – September 18, 1999) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and the son of United States Senator Sam Ervin.

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