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Walter Joseph Cummings

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1966

Walter Joseph Cummings , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Walter Joseph Cummings Jr. (September 29, 1916 – April 24, 1999) was a United States Solicitor General and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Education

  • Yale UniversityB.A., 1937
  • Harvard Law SchoolLL.B., 1940

Career

Assistant solicitor general and special assistant attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1940-1946; Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1946-1966; Solicitor general of the United States, 1952-1953; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1981-1986

Biography

Walter Joseph Cummings Jr. (September 29, 1916 – April 24, 1999) was a United States Solicitor General and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

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