Walter Evan Black Jr. (July 7, 1926 – September 29, 2014) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.

Education and career

Born in

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, Maryland, Black received an

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degree from Harvard University in 1947 and a Bachelor of Laws from

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in 1949. He was in private practice in Baltimore from 1949 to 1953. He served as an

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of the District of Maryland from 1953 to 1955, and was himself the United States Attorney for the District of Maryland from 1956 to 1957. He then returned to private practice in Baltimore until 1982.

Federal judicial service

On March 11, 1982, Black was nominated by President

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to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Maryland vacated by Judge

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. Black was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 20, 1982, and received his commission on April 21, 1982. He served as Chief Judge from 1991 to 1994, assuming senior status on October 21, 1994. He took inactive senior status on June 30, 2003, meaning he remained a Judge of the court but no longer heard cases or participated in court business, remaining in that status until his death.

Death

Black died in Easton, Maryland, on September 29, 2014, from complications of Parkinson's disease.

References

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