Curtis William Roll (August 29, 1884 – November 8, 1970) was a justice of the Indiana Supreme Court from January 5, 1931, to January 4, 1943. He was a Democrat.Maurer School of Law Notable Alumni: Curtis William Roll
Born in Fredericksburg, Washington County, Indiana, Roll received an

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from

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in 1909, followed by an

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from the Indiana University Maurer School of Law in 1912.Minde C. Browning, Richard Humphrey, and Bruce Kleinschmidt,
Biographical Sketches of Indiana Supreme Court Justices
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He served as the county attorney for

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from 1913 to 1914, and a prosecutor in

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, from 1912 to 1931. He was elected to the Indiana Supreme Court in the Democratic wave of 1930. Roll authored two important opinions with "noted political repercussions", one denying a

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to 1938 U.S. Senate candidate Raymond E. Willis, and the other striking down a 1941 legislative effort to diminish the powers of Governor Henry F. Schricker. Roll declined to seek re-election in 1942. Before and after his service on the Supreme Court of Indiana he engaged in private law practice. He is buried in Paoli, Orange County, Indiana.

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