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Calvert Magruder

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

Calvert Magruder served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt and confirmed Jun 1, 1939.

Appointed by
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Confirmed
Jun 1, 1939
Born
1893

Appointments

  • Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First CircuitFranklin D. Roosevelt · Jun 1, 1939 – May 22, 1968

Education

  • St. John's College, Annapolis, MarylandA.B., 1913
  • Harvard Law SchoolLL.B., 1916
  • St. John's College, Annapolis, MarylandA.M., 1917

Career

Law clerk, Hon. Louis Brandeis, Supreme Court of the United States, 1916-1917; U.S. Army lieutenant, Infantry, 1917-1919; Attorney, U.S. Shipping Board, 1919-1920; Faculty, Harvard Law School, 1920-1939, 1947-1959; assistant professor of law, 1920-1925; professor of law, 1925-1939; vice dean, 1930-1939; lecturer, 1947-1959; General counsel, National Labor Relations Board, 1934-1935; General counsel, Wage and Hour Division, U.S. Department of Labor, 1938-1939; Member, Conference of Senior Circuit Judges, 1940-1948, and Judicial Conference of the United States, 1948-1959; Lecturer, University of California, Hastings College of the Law, 1959-1960; Lecturer, Columbia University, 1960-1961; Lecturer, Ohio State University, 1961; Lecturer, University of Puerto Rico, 1962

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