Cecil F. Poole

1914–1997 · Birmingham, AL

Judicial Service

CourtTitleAppointed ByCommissionedTermination
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of CaliforniaJudgeGerald Ford (Republican)Jul 23, 1976Appointment to Another Judicial Position, Mar 31, 1980
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJudgeJimmy Carter (Democratic)Nov 27, 1979Death, Nov 12, 1997

Education

  • University of Michigan, A.B., 1935
  • University of Michigan Law School, LL.B., 1938
  • Harvard Law School, LL.M., 1939

Professional Career

Private practice, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1940-1942; Member, National Labor Relations Board, 1942; U.S. Army first lieutenant, 1942-1945; Chief, Regional Appellate Division, U.S. Office of Price Administration, San Francisco, California, 1946-1947; Private practice, San Francisco, California, 1947-1951, 1970-1976; Assistant district attorney and chief superior court deputy, San Francisco, California, 1951-1958; Instructor, Golden State University Law School, 1952-1958; Secretary and legal counsel, Gov. Edmund G. Brown, California, 1958-1961; U.S. attorney for the Northern District of California, 1961-1970; Professor of law, University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, 1969-1970; Fellow in residence, Yale Law School, 1970

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Showing 100 of 1,275 opinions from 1977 to 1997

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