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Oscar Hirsh Davis

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1962–1982

Oscar Hirsh Davis , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Oscar Hirsh Davis (February 27, 1914 – June 19, 1988) was a judge of the United States Court of Claims and a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Education

  • Harvard UniversityA.B., 1934
  • Columbia Law SchoolLL.B., 1937

Career

Private practice, New York City, 1937-1939; Attorney, Claims Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1939-1942; U.S. Army captain, Air Corps, 1942-1946; Attorney, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1946-1948; Assistant to the solicitor general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1950-1962; second assistant, 1950-1954; first assistant, 1954-1962; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1977-1978

Biography

Oscar Hirsh Davis (February 27, 1914 – June 19, 1988) was a judge of the United States Court of Claims and a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

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