Judicial calendar 1978

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• Arkansas Court of Appeals established.
• Wisconsin Court of Appeals established.
• E. Eugene Eblen became a Criminal Court judge of the Ninth Judicial District, Tennessee.
• Hamilton V. Gayden was appointed a Circuit Court judge of the Twentieth Judicial District, Tennessee.
• Ruth Klotz was appointed associate probate judge of Iowa District Five.
• Michael Sapala was appointed to the Detroit Recorder's Court (now the 3rd Circuit Court, Michigan).
• George L. Stigler was appointed to Iowa District One.

January

• January 24: Roger West died while serving on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
• January 30:

• Wilson Warlick died, ending his service on the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina.

February

• February 10: David Mazzone received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
• February 22: William Webster resigned from his position as a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit.

March

• March 4:

• Willis Ritter died, ending his service on the United States District Court for the District of Utah.

• March 26:

• Lawrence Gubow died while serving on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

April

• April 6:

• Harry Payne assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico.

• April 7:

• Paul Simmons received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

• April 17:

• Frederick Bryan died, ending his service on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

• April 27:

• John Clyde Bowen died, ending his service on the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.

• April 28:

• Joan Klein takes oath of office to serve on the California Second District Court of Appeal, Division Three
• Elisha Crary died, ending his service on the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

May

• Herschel Franks was appointed to the Tennessee Court of Appeals.
• May 1:

• Herbert Fogel resigned from his position on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

• May 2:

• Gustave Diamond received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
• Robert Palmer Anderson died, ending his service on the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit.
• Donald Ziegler received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

• May 18:

• Ellen Burns received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.

• May 19:

• Robert Collins received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
• Harold Greene received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
• Leonard Sand received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
• Jack Tanner received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington.

• May 31:

• Adrian Duplantier received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

June

• June 21:

• Luther Youngdahl died, ending his service on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

• June 25:

• Terry Shell died while serving on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas as well as the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas.

• June 27:

• Shane Devine received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire.
• Mary Lowe received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

• June 30:

• Charles Fulton assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

July

• July 1:

• John Weld Peck II assumed senior status on the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit.

• July 12:

• Santiago Campos received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico.
• Louis Pollak received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

• July 20:

• John Lester Miller died, ending his service on the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

• July 21:

• Thomas Croake died, ending his service on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

• July 28:

• Jose Gonzalez received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

• July 31:

• Joseph Morris resigned from his position on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

August

• Herschel Franks was elected to the Tennessee Court of Appeals.
• Gerald VandeWalle was appointed to the North Dakota Supreme Court.

• August 1:

• Joseph Waddy died while serving on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

• August 2:

• Alexander Lawrence assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia.

• August 3:

• Austin Staley died, ending his service on the United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit.

• August 11:

• Harry Claiborne received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.
• James Phillips received commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit.
• Norma Shapiro received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
• Thomas Wiseman received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.

• August 16:

• Orma Rinehart Smith assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi.

• August 17:

• Phillip Forman died, ending his service on the United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit.

• August 26:

• Edward Smith received his commission to be a judge on the United States Court of Claims.

• August 31:

• Bruce Thompson assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.

September

• September 1:

• Lewis Morgan assumed senior status on the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.
• Lawrence Whipple assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.

• September 5:

• Algernon Butler died, ending his service on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina.

• September 6:

• Frank Gray died, ending his service on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.

• September 22:

• Richard Arnold received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas as well as on the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas.
• Bruce Jenkins received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Utah.

• September 23:

• Harold Baker received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois.
• Patricia Boyle received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
• Julian Cook received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
• Theodore McMillian received commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit.
• Mariana Pfaelzer received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

• September 30:

• Marvin Frankel resigned from service on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

October

• October 5: Donald O'Brien received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa as well as the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa
• October 10: Rudolph Hargrave was appointed to the Oklahoma Supreme Court.
• October 11: Berry Edenfield received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia.

November

• Samuel Green was elected to the Supreme Court of the State of New York.

• November 7:

• Randy Tahvonen was elected to the 29th Circuit Court, Michigan.

• November 18:

• Leo Rayfiel died, ending his service on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

• November 21:

• Marian Opala was appointed to the Oklahoma Supreme Court.

December

• December 21:

• Charlotte Perretta, of the Massachusetts Appeals Court, took office.
• William Thornberry assumed senior status on the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.
• Talbot Smith died, ending his service on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

• December 26:

• Dick Wong died while serving on the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii.

See also

• Judgepedia:Calendar archive

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