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Charles Alvin Jones

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1939

Charles Alvin Jones , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Charles Alvin Jones (August 27, 1887 – May 21, 1966) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and chief justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Education

  • Dickinson School of Law (now Penn State Dickinson Law)LL.B., 1910

Career

Private practice, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1910-1939; American Ambulance Service, French Army, 1917; U.S. Naval Aviation ensign, 1918-1919; Justice, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1945-1966; chief justice, 1956-1966

Biography

Charles Alvin Jones (August 27, 1887 – May 21, 1966) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and chief justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

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