Philip Willis Tone (April 9, 1923 – November 28, 2001) was a
United States circuit judge of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and previously a judge of the
United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Education and career
Born in
Chicago,
Illinois, Tone received an
Artium Baccalaureus
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degree from
State University of Iowa (now the
University of Iowa) in 1943 and was a First Lieutenant in the
United States Army during
World War II, from 1943 to 1946. He received a
Juris Doctor
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and one of several Doctor of Law degrees. The J.D. is the standard degree obtained to practice law ...
from
State University of Iowa College of Law in 1948. He was a
law clerk
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to Supreme Court Justice
Wiley B. Rutledge
Wiley Blount Rutledge Jr. (July 20, 1894 – September 10, 1949) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1943 to 1949. The ninth and final justice appointed by President Frankli ...
from 1948 to 1949. He was then in private practice in
Washington, D.C. until 1950, and in Chicago until 1972.
Federal judicial service
On November 29, 1971, Tone was nominated by President
Richard Nixon to a new seat on the
United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois created by 84 Stat. 294. He was confirmed by the
United States Senate on December 2, 1971, and received his commission on January 26, 1972. His service terminated on May 17, 1974, due to elevation to the Seventh Circuit.
On April 22, 1974, Nixon nominated Tone to a seat on the
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit vacated by Judge
Roger Kiley
Roger Joseph Kiley (October 23, 1900 – September 6, 1974) was an American football player and later a United States federal judge, United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Education and career
B ...
. Tone was confirmed by the Senate on May 6, 1974, and received his commission on May 14, 1974. Tone served in that capacity until his resignation from the bench, on April 30, 1980.
Post judicial service
Tone then returned to private practice in Chicago until his death, on November 28, 2001, in
Glenview, Illinois.
See also
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References
Sources
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1923 births
2001 deaths
Judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
United States district court judges appointed by Richard Nixon
Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
United States court of appeals judges appointed by Richard Nixon
20th-century American judges
University of Iowa alumni
University of Iowa College of Law alumni
Law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States
United States Army officers