Louis Earl Goodman (January 2, 1892 – September 15, 1961) was a
United States district judge
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of the
.
Education and career
Born in
Lemoore,
California
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, Goodman received a
Bachelor of Arts
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degree from the
University of California, Berkeley
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in 1913 and a
Bachelor of Laws
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from the
University of California, Hastings College of the Law
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in 1915. He was in private practice in
San Francisco
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, California from 1915 to 1942, and was a member of a
Selective Service
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Local Board from 1940 to 1942.
Federal judicial service
On November 9, 1942, Goodman was nominated by President
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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to a seat on the
vacated by Judge
Harold Louderback
Harold Louderback (January 30, 1881 – December 11, 1941) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. He was the eleventh federal official to be served with articles of impeachm ...
. Goodman was confirmed by the
United States Senate
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The composition and pow ...
on December 15, 1942, and received his commission on December 24, 1942. He served as Chief Judge from 1958 until his death on September 15, 1961 in
Palo Alto
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The city was estab ...
, California.
See also
*
List of Jewish American jurists
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Supreme Court of the United States
Federal judges Appellate judges
* Robert E. Bacharach, Judge of the United States Court of ...
References
Sources
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1892 births
1961 deaths
Judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
United States district court judges appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
20th-century American judges
University of California, Berkeley alumni
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco alumni
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