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William Cameron Canby Jr.
Senior judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
William Cameron Canby Jr. serves on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Appointed by Jimmy Carter and confirmed May 21, 1980. ABA rating: Well Qualified.
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter
- Confirmed
- May 21, 1980
- ABA rating
- Well Qualified
- Born
- 1931
Appointments
- Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJimmy Carter · May 21, 1980
Education
- Yale UniversityB.A., 1953
- University of Minnesota Law SchoolLL.B., 1956
Career
U.S. Air Force lieutenant and judge advocate, 1956-1958; Law clerk, Hon. Charles E. Whittaker, Supreme Court of the United States, 1958-1959; Private practice, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1959-1962; U.S. Peace Corps, 1962-1966; associate director, Ethiopia, 1962-1963; deputy director, Ethiopia, 1963-1964, director, Uganda, 1964-1966; Special assistant, U.S. Sen. Walter F. Mondale ofMinnesota, Washington, D.C., 1966; Special assistant, President Harris Wofford, State University of New York at Old Westbury, 1967; Professor of law, Arizona State University, 1967-1980; Director, Office of Indian Law, Arizona State University College of Law; Visiting Fulbright professor of law, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, 1970-1971
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