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Maurice Blanchard Cohill Jr. (November 26, 1929 – January 1, 2022) was a
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of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.


Education and career

Born in
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,
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, Cohill received an
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degree from
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in 1951 and a
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from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1956. He was a captain in the
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from 1951 to 1953. He was in private practice in Pittsburgh from 1956 to 1965. He was a judge of the Juvenile Court of
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, Pennsylvania from 1965 to 1968, and then of the Court of Common Pleas of that county until 1976.


Federal judicial service

On May 4, 1976, Cohill was nominated by President
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to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania vacated by Judge Louis Rosenberg. Cohill was confirmed by the
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on May 18, 1976, and received his commission on May 21, 1976. He served as Chief Judge from 1985 to 1992 and assumed
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on November 28, 1994. He took inactive senior status in 2016, meaning that while he remained a federal judge, he no longer heard cases or participated in the business of the court.


Personal life and death

Cohill died on January 1, 2022, at the age of 92.


See also

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