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Sobeloff, Simon E.

Born December 3, 1894, in Baltimore, MD
Died July 11, 1973, in Baltimore, MD

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Nominated by Dwight D. Eisenhower on January 12, 1956, to a seat vacated by Morris Ames Soper. Confirmed by the Senate on July 16, 1956, and received commission on July 18, 1956. Served as chief judge, 1958-1964. Assumed senior status on December 31, 1970. Service terminated on July 11, 1973, due to death.

Education:
University of Maryland School of Law (now Francis King Carey School of Law), LL.B., 1915

Professional Career:

Private practice, Baltimore, Maryland, 1914-1919, 1923-1927, 1934-1943, 1947-1952
Assistant city solicitor, Baltimore, Maryland, 1919-1923
Deputy city solicitor, Baltimore, Maryland, 1927-1930
U.S. attorney for the District of Maryland, 1931-1934
City solicitor, Baltimore, Maryland, 1943-1947
Chairman, Commission on the Administrative Organization of the State of Maryland, 1951-1952
Chief judge, Maryland Court of Appeals, 1952-1954
Solicitor general of the United States, 1954-1956
Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1958-1964

Other Nominations/Recess Appointments:

Nominated to U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, July 14, 1955; no Senate vote

Bibliography

Mayer, Michael. "Eisenhower and the Southern Federal Judiciary: The Sobeloff Nomination." In Reexamining the Eisenhower Presidency. Edited by Shirley Anne Warshaw. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1993.

Mayer, Michael. Simon E. Sobeloff. Baltimore: University of Maryland School of Law, 1980.

"Remembering the Fourth Circuit Judges: A History from 1941 to 1998." Washington and Lee Law Review 55 (Spring 1998): 471, 510-4.

Rosen, Sanford Jay. "Judge Sobeloff's Public School Race Decisions." Maryland Law Review 34 (1974): 498-531.

Wallerstein, Morton L. The Public Career of Simon E. Sobeloff. Richmond, Va.: Marlborough House, 1975.

Weiner, Arnold M. "Judge Sobeloff's Influence on Criminal Reform." Maryland Law Review 34 (1974): 532-40.

Manuscript Collections

Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
Simon E. Sobeloff papers, 1882-1973.
158 linear ft. (95,000 items); finding aid; correspondence, appointment books, U.S. solicitor general files, case and office files for the U.S. court of appeals, speeches and writings, subject files, and other papers.

Oral History

Sobeloff, Simon E. "Oral History with Judge Simon Sobeloff." Interview conducted on May 21, 1971, by Dorothy Cunningham. Library of Maryland History, Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, Maryland, 1971. Audiotape, 100 minutes; transcript, 30 pages.

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