Robert H. Kaul (August 28, 1911 – March 13, 2000) was a justice of the
Kansas Supreme Court from September 27, 1965, to September 17, 1977.
Kaul was appointed to the supreme court to take the place of
Clair E. Robb who had died in the post.
Prior to the appointment the
Wamego judge had been a district judge.
He resigned from the court, and his position taken by
Richard Winn Holmes
Richard Winn Holmes (February 23, 1923 – September 4, 1999) was a justice of the Kansas Supreme Court from September 17, 1977, to September 1, 1990, and chief justice from September 1, 1990, to August 31, 1995.
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He was a Kansas state judge for 28 years, starting with 16 years as a judge for the 36th district and them 12 years on the supreme court.
He was born in August 1911 near
Holton, Kansas
Holton is a city in and the county seat of Jackson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 3,401.
History
The party that chose the site of Holton started at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in May 1856. A ...
on a farm to German immigrants.
He obtained his first degree from
Washburn University, then his law degree from the
University of Kansas in 1935.
He started practising law in
Wamego and served as the
Pottawatomie County attorney for 3 terms.
He served in the Navy in
World War II as an 11th Naval District trial judge advocate.
Kaul died aged 88 on Monday March 13, 2000 at his home in
Topeka, Kansas.
He had a wife named Margaret.
References
External links
Robert H. Kaul - Find a Grave
Justices of the Kansas Supreme Court
Washburn University alumni
University of Kansas alumni
United States Navy personnel of World War II
1911 births
2000 deaths
20th-century American judges
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