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Jesse Ernest Eschbach

Former judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Jesse Ernest Eschbach served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Appointed by Ronald Reagan and confirmed Nov 24, 1981.

Appointed by
Ronald Reagan
Confirmed
Nov 24, 1981
Born
1920

Appointments

  • Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of IndianaJohn F. Kennedy · Apr 2, 1962 – Dec 11, 1981
  • Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh CircuitRonald Reagan · Nov 24, 1981 – Oct 25, 2005

Education

  • Indiana UniversityB.S., 1943
  • Indiana University School of Law -- Bloomington (now Maurer School of Law)J.D., 1949

Career

U.S. Navy lieutenant, 1943-1946; Private practice, Warsaw, Indiana, 1949-1962; U.S. Office of Price Stabilization, 1951; City attorney, Warsaw, Indiana, 1952-1953; Deputy prosecutor, Fifty-Fourth Judicial Circuit, Indiana, 1953-1954; President/secretary/general counsel, Dalton Foundries, Inc., 1959-1962; President, Endicott Church Furniture, Inc., 1960-1962

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