Francis Biddle
Judicial Service
| Court | Title | Appointed By | Commissioned | Termination |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | Judge | Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) | Mar 4, 1939 | Resignation, Jan 22, 1940 |
Education
- Harvard University, B.A., 1909
- Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1911
Professional Career
Personal secretary, Hon. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Supreme Court of the United States, 1911-1912; Private practice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1912-1938; U.S. Army, 1918; Special assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1922-1926; Chairman, National Labor Relations Board, 1934-1935; Chief counsel, Special Congressional Committee to Investigate the Tennessee Valley Authority, 1938-1939; Solicitor general of the United States, 1940; Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service, U.S. Department of Justice, 1940; Attorney General of the United States, 1941-1945; U.S. representative to International Military Tribunal--Nuremburg Trials, 1945-1946; Chairman, Americans for Democratic Action, 1950-1953
Opinions on This Site
42 opinions from 1939 to 1940
- Whealton v. United States 1940
- Phipps v. School Dist. of Pittsburgh 1940
- Automobile Ins. Co. of Hartford v. Springfield Dyeing Co. 1940
- Union Drawn Steel Co. v. National Labor Relations Board 1940
- Weir v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue 1940
- Barbour v. Commissioner 1940
- Thummess v. Von Hoffman 1940
- Thummess v. Von Hoffman 1940
- Kit v. Stecker 1940
- Township of South Hackensack v. Federal Deposit Ins. 1940
- Dixon v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue 1940
- National Labor Relations Board v. Swank Products, Inc. 1939
- Janney v. Commissioner 1939
- Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Allen 1939
- Williamson v. Columbia Gas & Electric Corporation 1939
- Field v. Fidelity Union Trust Co. 1939
- Carbon Silk Mills Co. v. Powell 1939
- Missouri-Kansas Pipe Line Co. v. United States 1939
- Elizabeth Arden, Inc. v. Brown 1939
- Pittsburgh Parking Garages, Inc. v. United States 1939
- Sharpe v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue 1939
- Denniston v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue 1939
- Seymour v. National Biscuit Co. 1939
- Flannery v. Flannery Bolt Co. 1939
- Clarke v. Gold Dust Corporation 1939
- Ainsworth v. Gill Glass & Fixture Co. 1939
- In Re Standard Gas & Electric Co. 1939
- City of Philadelphia v. Straub 1939
- Burdan v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue 1939
- Luckenbach S. S. Co. v. Norton 1939
- United States Guarantee Co. v. Elkins 1939
- Hoffman v. New Jersey Federation of Young Men's & Young Women's Hebrew Ass'ns 1939
- Victor Talking MacH. Co. v. George 1939
- Commissioner v. Germantown Trust Co. 1939
- Wilson & Co. v. Birl 1939
- Galion Iron Works & Mfg. Co. v. Beckwith MacHinery Co. 1939
- Hedden v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue 1939
- Zimmermann v. Wilson 1939
- Miller v. United States 1939
- O'Brien v. Calmar S. S. Corp. 1939
- Ainsworth v. Gill Glass & Fixture Co. 1939
- Sierocinski v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. 1939