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Henry Luesing Brooks

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1954–1969

Henry Luesing Brooks , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Henry Luesing Brooks (December 9, 1905 – December 30, 1971) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and previously a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky.

Education

  • University of WisconsinA.B., 1927
  • Jefferson School of Law (now University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law)LL.B., 1929

Career

Private practice, Louisville, Kentucky, 1929-1954; U.S. Naval Reserve lieutenant, 1942-1945; Judge, Jefferson County [Kentucky] Circuit Court, 1946-1948; Faculty, Jefferson School of Law, 1948-1952

Biography

Henry Luesing Brooks (December 9, 1905 – December 30, 1971) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and previously a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky.

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