Loyal Edwin Knappen

1854–1930 · Hastings, MI

Judicial Service

CourtTitleAppointed ByCommissionedTermination
U.S. District Court for the Western District of MichiganJudgeTheodore Roosevelt (Republican)Dec 10, 1906Appointment to Another Judicial Position, Feb 8, 1910
U.S. Circuit Courts for the Sixth CircuitJudgeWilliam H. Taft (Republican)Jan 31, 1910Abolition of Court, Dec 31, 1911
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitJudgeWilliam H. Taft (Republican)Jan 31, 1910Death, May 14, 1930

Education

  • University of Michigan, B.A., 1873
  • Read law, 1875
  • University of Michigan, M.A., 1876

Professional Career

Private practice, Hastings, Michigan, 1875-1888; Prosecutor, Barry County, Michigan, 1879-1883; Private practice, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1888-1906; Member, Conference of Senior Circuit Judges (now Judicial Conference of the United States), 1922-1923

Other Federal Judicial Service

  • U.S. Commissioner, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan, 1880-1888

Opinions on This Site

Showing 100 of 1,034 opinions from 1907 to 1930

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