James Hargrove Meredith

1914–1988 · Wedderburn, OR

Judicial Service

CourtTitleAppointed ByCommissionedTermination
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of MissouriJudgeJohn F. Kennedy (Democratic)Mar 17, 1962Death, Dec 8, 1988

Education

  • University of Missouri, A.B., 1936
  • University of Missouri School of Law, LL.B., 1937

Professional Career

Private practice, Portageville, Missouri, 1937-1938, 1946-1949; Private practice, New Madrid, Missouri, 1939-1941; Assistant prosecutor, New Madrid County, Missouri, 1939-1941; Special agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, 1942-1944; U.S. Navy, 1944-1946; Legal secretary, Gov. Forrest Smith, Missouri, 1949-1950; Chief counsel, State Insurance Department, Missouri, 1950-1952; Private practice, St. Louis, Missouri, 1952-1962; Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1961-1962; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1974-1979

Other Federal Judicial Service

  • Judge, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, 1979-1981

Opinions on This Site

68 opinions from 1963 to 1979

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