Lee Loevinger (April 24, 1913 – April 26, 2004) was an American jurist and lawyer.
Born in
Saint Paul, Minnesota, Loevinger received his bachelor's degree from
University of Minnesota in 1933 and his law degree from
University of Minnesota Law School in 1936. He later practiced law in
Kansas City, Missouri
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. Loevinger served in the
United States Navy during
World War II. In 1960 and 1961, Loevinger served on the
Minnesota Supreme Court. From 1961 to 1963, Loevinger served as a United States Assistant Attorney General in the Department of Justice Antitrust Division. Loevinger then was a member of the
Federal Communications Commission from 1963 to 1968. Loevinger then practiced law in
Washington, D.C. He died in Washington, D.C.
Father of jurimetrics
Loevinger is known for coining the term ''
jurimetrics,'' the use of
probability and
statistics
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to answer legal questions, in a 1949
Minnesota Law Review article.
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1913 births
2004 deaths
Politicians from Saint Paul, Minnesota
Military personnel from Minnesota
University of Minnesota alumni
University of Minnesota Law School alumni
Minnesota lawyers
Lawyers from Kansas City, Missouri
Lawyers from Washington, D.C.
Justices of the Minnesota Supreme Court
United States Assistant Attorneys General for the Antitrust Division
Members of the Federal Communications Commission
20th-century American judges
Kennedy administration personnel
Lyndon B. Johnson administration personnel
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