Arthur F. Lederle was a United States federal judge

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Born in Leland, Michigan

Leland, Michigan

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, Lederle graduated from Eastern Michigan College in 1909, and received an LL.B. from Detroit College of Law in 1915, an LL.M. from the University of Detroit School of Law in 1923, and an LL.D. from Wayne State University

Wayne State University

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 in 1952. He was an attendance officer for the Board of Education of Detroit, Michigan from 1914 to 1920, and then a supervisor for that city's Compulsory Education Department until 1923. He was an assistant city attorney of City of Detroit, Michigan from 1923 to 1933 and from 1934 to 1936. He was a Special assistant state attorney general of Michigan from 1933 to 1934. He was a Professor at Wayne State University Law School

Wayne State University Law School

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 from 1927 to 1946.

On February 20, 1936, Lederle was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt

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 to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

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 vacated by Charles Casper Simons

Charles Casper Simons

Charles Casper Simons was a United States federal judge.Born in Detroit, Michigan, Simons received a B.L. from the University of Michigan in 1898 and an LL.B. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1900. He was in private practice in Detroit, Michigan from 1900 to 1923. He was a member of...

. Lederle was confirmed by the United States Senate

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 on March 3, 1936, and received his commission on March 6, 1936. He served as chief judge from 1948 to 1959, assuming senior status

Senior status

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 on July 1, 1960. He served in that capacity until his death.

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