Stanley Alexander Weigel

American judge

Stanley Alexander Weigel (December 9, 1905 – September 1, 1999) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California .

Education and career

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Born in Helena , Montana , Weigel was raised in San Francisco , California and attended Lowell High School . He received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Stanford University in 1926 and a Juris Doctor from Stanford Law School in 1928. He was in private practice in San Francisco from 1928 to 1962. He was a United States Naval Reserve Lieutenant during World War II , from 1943 to 1945. He was a nonresident lecturer at Stanford Law School beginning in 1952.

Notable clients

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In 1949, Weigel represented a group of professors at the University of California dismissed for refusing to sign an anti-Communist loyalty oath .

Federal judicial service

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Weigel was nominated by President John F. Kennedy on July 6, 1962, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California vacated by Judge Louis Earl Goodman . He was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 9, 1962, and received his commission on August 15, 1962. He was a member of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation from 1968 to 1979. He was a Judge of the Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals from 1980 to 1993. He assumed senior status on October 9, 1982. Weigel retired September 30, 1997.

Personal life

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In April 1940, Weigel married Anne Kauffman, and they had two daughters. He died on September 1, 1999, in San Francisco.

References

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↑ "Obituary: Stanley Weigel" . San Francisco Gate. September 4, 1999. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
↑ Saxon, Wolfgang (September 4, 1999). "Judge Stanley Weigel, 93, Dies; Acted to Improve Prisons" . New York Times. Retrieved May 9, 2017.

 Woo, Elaine (September 4, 1999). ["Stanley Weigel; Longtime Federal Judge"](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-sep-04-me-6810-story.html)
. _Los Angeles Times_. Retrieved May 9, 2017.

 [Stanley Alexander Weigel](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1389526)
 at the _[Biographical Directory of Federal Judges](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biographical_Directory_of_Federal_Judges "Biographical Directory of Federal Judges")
_, a publication of the [Federal Judicial Center](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Judicial_Center "Federal Judicial Center")
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↑ Domnarski, William (2009). Federal Judges Revealed . Oxford University Press. p. 93. ISBN 978-0195374599 . Retrieved May 9, 2017.

Sources

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Stanley Alexander Weigel at the _Biographical Directory of Federal Judges _, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center .

External links

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Fletcher, William, ed. (2000). Stanley Weigel: Litigator and Federal Judge (PDF). Berkeley, California: The Bancroft Library Oral History Project, University of California. Retrieved May 10, 2017.

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