James Benton Parsons
1911–1993 · Kansas City, MO
Judicial Service
| Court | Title | Appointed By | Commissioned | Termination |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | Judge | John F. Kennedy (Democratic) | Aug 30, 1961 | Death, Jun 19, 1993 |
Education
- Millikin University, B.A., 1934
- University of Chicago, M.A., 1946
- University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 1949
Professional Career
U.S. Naval Reserve, 1942-1945; Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1949-1951; Assistant corporation counsel, Chicago, Illinois, 1949-1951; Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Illinois, 1951-1960; Judge, Superior Court of Cook County [Illinois], 1960-1961; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1975-1978
Opinions on This Site
38 opinions from 1976 to 1987
- United States v. Armand W. Robinson, Sr. 1987
- Faison v. Nationwide Mortgage Corp. 1987
- Rodney BURNETT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis BOWEN, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee 1987
- Herbert E. Dickson v. Office of Personnel Management 1987
- Vickers v. Henry County Savings & Loan Ass'n 1987
- New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Federal Communications Commission 1987
- Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 1987
- Howard R. Willard v. Linley Pearson, Attorney General, Indiana, and Raymond J. Lippman, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute, Indiana 1987
- The Saturday Evening Post Company and the Curtis Publishing Company v. Rumbleseat Press, Inc. 1987
- In Re Disclosure of Grand Jury Material. Basic Earth Science Systems, Inc. v. United States 1987
- New Mexico ex rel. Energy & Minerals Department v. U.S. Department of Interior 1987
- United States v. George Bush, Sr. 1987
- Emmett J. Doerr v. United States 1987
- Morton M. Hill, Jr. v. Norfolk and Western Railway Company 1987
- Bankr. L. Rep. P 71,833 in the Matter of Steven W. Agnew, Debtor-Appellee. Lee Supply Corporation v. Steven W. Agnew 1987
- United States v. Phyllis Barbour, (Three Cases) 1987
- Alam Ganem v. Otis R. Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services 1987
- United States v. Rufus Holland 1987
- Bonnie J. Benzies v. Illinois Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities, Defendant 1987
- American Legal Foundation v. Federal Communications Commission and the United States of America, American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., Intervenors 1987
- United States v. George M. Verrusio 1984
- Bankr. L. Rep. P 70,011 United States of America v. Robert D. Alexander, Sr. 1984
- United States v. Orville Leon Payne 1984
- United States v. Kelvin Hasting, Gable Gibson, Napolean Stewart, Gregory Williams, and Kevin Wendall Anderson 1984
- United States v. Thomas E. Silverstein, Adolph Reynosa, Clayton A. Fountain, and Edgar Hevle 1984
- United States of America, Ex Rel. Phillip Peeples v. James Greer, Warden, Menard, Michael Lane, Director of the Department of Corrections 1984
- Graham Hospital Ass'n v. Heckler 1984
- Bonnie Dickerson v. Amax Inc. 1984
- Jerry L. RHODERICK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee 1984
- Robert James Morgan v. Thomas R. Israel and Bronson C. Lafollette 1984
- United States v. Richard L. Stump 1984
- Howard Dragstrem v. Richard E. Obermeyer, United States of America, Intervenor-Appellant 1977
- Charles E. Burroughs, Trustee in Bankruptcy of Hearthside Homes, Inc., Bankrupt v. Robert J. Fields 1976
- National Labor Relations Board v. Keller-Crescent Company, a Division of Mosler 1976
- Allan L. Blair and Jocelyn Blair v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue 1976
- United States v. Garland Jeffers 1976
- United States v. Thomas Trinidad Zapata 1976
- United States v. David Tritton 1976