Alexis Caswell Angell

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American judge (1857–1932)

Alexis Caswell Angell (April 26, 1857 – December 24, 1932), frequently known as A. C. Angell, was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan .

Education and career

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Born on April 26, 1857, in Providence , Rhode Island , Angell received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1878 from the University of Michigan , read law in 1879, and received a Bachelor of Laws in 1880 from the University of Michigan Law School . He entered private practice in Detroit , Michigan from 1880 to 1911. He was a Professor of Law at the University of Michigan from 1893 to 1898, lecturing one half of each year.

Federal judicial service

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Judicial portrait of Angell, c. 1930.

Angell was nominated by President William Howard Taft on February 25, 1911, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan vacated by Judge Henry Harrison Swan . He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 2, 1911, and received his commission the same day. His service terminated on June 1, 1912, due to his resignation.

Death

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Following his resignation from the federal bench, Angell returned to private practice in Detroit from 1912 to 1932. He died on December 24, 1932.

Family

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Angell was the son of James Burrill Angell and Sarah Swope Caswell,[_citation needed
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Other activities

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Angell edited the second edition of Cooley's Torts (1888), the sixth edition of his Constitutional Limitations (1890), and the second edition of his Principles of Constitutional Law (1891).[_citation needed
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