Willis Ritter

Willis William Ritter (1899-1978) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Utah. Ritter received a recess appointment from President Harry Truman on October 21, 1949, to a seat vacated by Tillman Davis Johnson. He was nominated on January 5, 1950, confirmed by the Senate on June 29, 1950, and received commission on July 7, 1950. Ritter served as chief judge from 1954 until his death on March 4, 1978.^[1]

Early life and education

• University of Utah, A.B.
• University of Chicago Law School, LL.B., 1924
• Harvard Law School, S.J.D., 1940^[1]

Professional career

• 1935-1949: Private practice, Salt Lake City, Utah
• 1926-1950: Professor of law, University of Utah
• 1924-1926: Private practice, Chicago, IL, and Washington, DC^[1]

Judicial career

District of Utah

Ritter received a recess appointment from President Harry Truman on October 21, 1949, to a seat vacated by Tillman Davis Johnson. He was nominated on January 5, 1950, confirmed by the Senate on June 29, 1950, and received commission on July 7th. He served as chief judge from 1954 until his death on March 4, 1978.^[1]

See also

• United States District Court for the District of Utah

External links

• Willis Ritter Biography from the Federal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the District of Utah
Active judges	Chief Judge: Robert Shelby   •  Jill Parrish  •  Howard Nielson  •  David Barlow  •  Ann Marie McIff Allen
Senior judges	Tena Campbell  •  David Sam  •  Dale Kimball  •  Brian Stewart (Utah)  •  Clark Waddoups  •  David Nuffer  •
Magistrate judges	Dustin B. Pead  •  Cecelia Romero  •  Paul Kohler  •  Daphne Oberg  •  Jared Bennett  •
Former Article III judges	Bruce Jenkins  •  Dee Benson  •  John Augustine Marshall  •  Tillman Davis Johnson  •  Aldon Anderson  •  Paul Cassell  •  Albert Christensen  •  Willis Ritter  •  David Winder  •
Former Chief judges	Tena Campbell  •  Bruce Jenkins  •  David Sam  •  Dee Benson  •  Aldon Anderson  •  Willis Ritter  •  David Winder  •

v • e Federal judges nominated by Harry Truman
1945	Burton • Clark • Donovan • Gilliam • Gourley • Holtzoff • Koscinski • Madden • Mathes • Mellott • S. Miller • W. Miller • Mollison • O'Connell • Orr • Prettyman • Rice
1946	Curran • Driver • Follmer • Harris • Kalodner • Kampf • Keech • Levin • Lynne • McGranery • Murphy • Rodney • Scarlett • Shelbourne • Speakman • Starr • Vinson • Weinberger
1947	Bryan, Sr. • Christenberry • Clifford • Collet • Dooley • Harper • Howell • Johnson • Jones • Lemmon • Medina • Rayfiel • Ryan • Thomason
1948	Harper • Henderson • Johnson • Kaufman • Proctor • Rao • Stephens • Tamm
1949	Allred • Andrews • Bazelon • Borah • Burns • Carter • Clark • Clary • Conger • Connally • Duffy • Erskine • Fahy • Finnegan • Foley • Ford • Gibson • Grim • Hastie • Hatch • Hill • Hooper • Kaufman • Kirkland • Lindley • Matthews • McCarthy • McGohey • McLaughlin • Minton • Murray • Noonan • Pickett • Platt • Pope • Ritter • Russell • Solomon • Sugarman • Swaim • Switzer • Taylor • Tehan • Thornton • Warlick • Washington • Westover • Wright
1950	Bastian • Byrne, Sr. • Carter • Knous • Marsh • Murphy • Simpson • Staley • Steckler • Strum • Wallace • Weinfeld • Whitehurst • Worley
1951	Dimock • Edelstein • Hartigan • Hartshorne • Leahy • Lindberg • McNamee • Medina • Modarelli • Murphy • Perry • Rives • Sheehy • Sloan • Stewart • Thomas • Tolin • Youngdahl
1952	Cole • Friedman • Williams •