Samuel Estill Whitaker
1886–1967 · Winchester, TN
Judicial Service
| Court | Title | Appointed By | Commissioned | Termination |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Court of Claims | Judge | Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) | Jul 13, 1939 | Death, Mar 26, 1967 |
Education
- University of Chattanooga (now University of Tennessee at Chattanooga), LL.B., 1909
Professional Career
Private practice, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1909-1914, 1921-1937; U.S. Army captain, cavalry and field artillery, 1914-1919; Attorney, Bureau of Internal Revenue, U.S. Department of the Treasury, 1919-1920; City attorney, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1923-1924; Mayor, Riverview, Tennessee, 1925-1929; U.S. Department of Justice, 1933-1939; special assistant to the Attorney General of the United States, 1933-1937; assistant attorney general, Civil Division, 1937-1939
Opinions on This Site
34 opinions from 1958 to 1988
- Arc Electrical Constr. Co. v. Commissioner 1988
- Apis Productions, Inc. v. Commissioner 1986
- James C. Hobbs v. United States of America, Atomic Energy Commission 1967
- Ruffin T. Lowry v. The Atlantic Refining Company 1966
- Ben Hartfield v. The State of Mississippi, Shirley Anderson v. State of Mississippi 1966
- Producers Drilling Company and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company v. Luther Gray 1966
- Anthony Joseph Blanchard v. United States 1966
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Allen Thompson, Mayor of the City of Jackson, Mississippi 1966
- Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation v. Federal Power Commission, Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America v. Federal Power Commission 1966
- R. J. Widen Company v. The United States and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Third-Party 1966
- Country Mutual Insurance Company v. Fred E. Eastman 1966
- Henry Taul McDonald v. United States 1966
- Derek Jerome Singleton, Minor, by Mrs. Edna Marie Singleton, His Mother the Next Friend v. Jackson Municipal Separate School District 1966
- Mary A. Brown v. United States 1965
- The Shamrock Oil & Gas Corporation v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue 1965
- Yale & Towne Manufacturing Company v. J. Ray McDermott Company, Inc. 1965
- Ernest Leroy Ivey v. United States 1965
- In the Matter of R. Jess Brown 1965
- Denia M. Fawcett, Administratrix of the Estate of Floyd S. Fawcett v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company 1965
- Leon Akers v. State Marine Lines, Inc. 1965
- Charles Cecil Ford v. United States 1965
- Wm. A. Smith Contracting Company, Inc. v. West Central Texas Municipal Water District 1965
- State of Louisiana v. Lester Newton 1965
- Edgar Stavang v. American Potash and Chemical Corporation 1965
- L. K. Peterson and William H. Scott, Jr. v. United States 1965
- Whirlwind Manufacturing Company v. United States 1965
- United States v. Barge Boulder 1965
- Jack Aaron Weed v. United States 1965
- Cbn Corporation (Formerly Columbian Carbon Company) v. The United States 1964
- United Pacific Insurance Company v. The United States and Tinkham Gilbert, Trustee in Bankruptcy of Floyd R. Grubb, Third-Party 1963
- Robert Benjamin v. The United States, Union Minerals & Alloys Corporation and Hugo Neu Corporation, Third Parties 1963
- National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa. v. The United States Terre Haute First National Bank, Third Party 1962
- Russell Manufacturing Co. v. United States 1959
- Wlox Broadcasting Company v. Federal Communications Commission, Radio Associates, Inc., Intervenor 1958