William Alvan Grimes

American judge (1911–1999)

William Alvan Grimes (July 4, 1911 – February 28, 1999) was a justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court from 1966 to 1981, serving as chief justice from 1979 to 1981.

Born in Dover, New Hampshire , Grimes received a B.S. from the University of New Haven in 1934, and a J.D. from the Boston University School of Law in 1937.

He gained admission to the bar in New Hampshire the same year, and joined the Rochester, New Hampshire , law firm of Cooper & Hall, becoming a partner in 1941. Grimes served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1933 to 1935 and again from 1937 to 1939.

During World War II , Grimes served in the United States Navy Reserve . After working as solicitor for the City of Dover from 1946 to 1947, he held a seat on the Superior Court of New Hampshire from 1947 until his appointment to the state supreme court in 1966. He was a founding faculty member of the National Judicial College , and author of an influential annual summary of U.S. Supreme Court criminal law cases titled Grimes' Criminal Law Outline.

Grimes died at a retirement home in Maine at the age of 87.

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 "Grimes, National Judicial College founding faculty member, dead at 87", _Reno Gazette-Journal_ (March 2, 1999), p. 15.

 Supreme Court of New Hampshire, "[An Introduction to the Supreme Court of New Hampshire](https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/Photocopy/45171NCJRS.pdf)
" (August 1977), p. 20.

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• Portrait at Boston University School of Law

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