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William Orr (1881-1965) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Orr was nominated by President Harry Truman on September 10, 1945, to a seat vacated by Curtis Dwight Wilbur. He was confirmed by the Senate on September 19th, and received commission on September 28th. On January 1, 1956, he assumed senior status. He continued to serve in this capacity until his death on October 7, 1965.

Education

University of Nevada, Reno
Read law, 1912

Professional career

County clerk, Lincoln County, Nevada, 1906-1910
County treasurer, Lincoln County, Nevada, 1911-1912
District attorney, Lincoln County, Nevada, 1913-1918
District judge, Lincoln County, Nevada, 1919-1939
Justice, Nevada Supreme Court, 1939-1945
Chief justice, 1943-1945

External links

Biography (dead link) at the Federal Judicial Center.

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Federal judges who have served the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Chief Judge: Mary Murguia • Mark Bennett (Hawaii) • Kim McLane Wardlaw • Morgan Christen • Ronald Gould • Johnnie Rawlinson • Consuelo Maria Callahan • Milan Smith • Sandra Ikuta • Jacqueline Nguyen • Lucy H. Koh • Sal Mendoza, Jr. • John B. Owens • Michelle T. Friedland • Lawrence VanDyke • Bridget S. Bade • Danielle Forrest • Ryan Nelson (Idaho) • Eric Miller (Washington) • Patrick Bumatay • Daniel Collins (California) • Kenneth Kiyul Lee • Ana de Alba • Gabriel Sanchez (California) • Holly Thomas • Daniel Bress • Jennifer Sung • Roopali Desai • Anthony Johnstone

Mary Schroeder • Andrew Hurwitz • Diarmuid O'Scannlain • Andrew Kleinfeld • Sidney Thomas • Barry Silverman • Susan Graber • Margaret McKeown (California) • William Fletcher (California) • Richard Paez • Marsha Berzon • Richard Tallman • Richard Clifton • Jay Bybee • Carlos Bea • Randy Smith (Federal appeals judge) • John Clifford Wallace • Dorothy Wright Nelson • William Canby • Stephen Trott • Ferdinand Francis Fernandez • Michael D. Hawkins • Atsushi Wallace Tashima •

Former judges

Anthony Kennedy • Lorenzo Sawyer • Joseph McKenna (Supreme Court) • William Ball Gilbert • Erskine Mayo Ross • William Henry Hunt (U.S. 9th Circuit Court) • Wallace McCamant • Frank Sigel Dietrich • William Henry Sawtelle • Francis Arthur Garrecht • William Denman • Clifton Mathews • Bert Emory Haney • William Healy • Homer Bone • William Edwin Orr • Walter Pope • Dal Lemmon • Richard Harvey Chambers • Stanley Nelson Barnes • Oliver Hamlin • Gilbert Jertberg • Charles Merton Merrill • Montgomery Koelsch • Benjamin Duniway • Walter Raleigh Ely, Jr. • James Marshall Carter • Shirley Hufstedler • Eugene Allen Wright • John Francis Kilkenny • Ozell Trask • Herbert Choy • J. Blaine Anderson • Thomas Tang • Cecil Poole • William Albert Norris • Charles Edward Wiggins • Frederick Hamley • Alex Kozinski • Matthew Hall McAllister • William Morrow • Frank Rudkin • Harry Pregerson • Stephen Reinhardt • Pamela Rymer • Raymond Fisher • James R. Browning • Alfred Goodwin • Joseph Sneed • Procter Hug • Betty Binns Fletcher • Otto Skopil • Joseph Farris • Arthur Alarcon • Warren Ferguson • Robert Boochever • Cynthia Holcomb Hall • Robert Beezer • Melvin Brunetti • Edward Leavy • David R. Thompson (Federal judge) • Thomas G. Nelson (Federal judge) • Curtis Dwight Wilbur • Albert Lee Stephens, Sr. • Albert Lee Stephens, Jr. • William Orr (9th Circuit) • John Kilkenny • Paul Watford •

Former Chief judges

William Denman • Walter Pope • Richard Harvey Chambers • Mary Schroeder • Sidney Thomas • James R. Browning • Alfred Goodwin • John Clifford Wallace • Procter Hug • Albert Lee Stephens, Sr. •

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Federal judges nominated by Harry Truman

Burton • Clark • Donovan • Gilliam • Gourley • Holtzoff • Koscinski • Madden • Mathes • Mellott • S. Miller • W. Miller • Mollison • O'Connell • Orr • Prettyman • Rice

Curran • Driver • Follmer • Harris • Kalodner • Kampf • Keech • Levin • Lynne • McGranery • Murphy • Rodney • Scarlett • Shelbourne • Speakman • Starr • Vinson • Weinberger

Bryan, Sr. • Christenberry • Clifford • Collet • Dooley • Harper • Howell • Johnson • Jones • Lemmon • Medina • Rayfiel • Ryan •

Harper • Henderson • Johnson • Kaufman • Proctor • Rao • Stephens • Tamm

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

Bastian • Byrne, Sr. • Carter • Knous • Marsh • Murphy • Simpson • Staley • Steckler • Strum • Wallace • Weinfeld • Whitehurst • Worley

Dimock • Edelstein • Hartigan • Hartshorne • Leahy • Lindberg • McNamee • Medina • Modarelli • Murphy • Perry • Rives • Sheehy • Sloan • Stewart • Thomas • Tolin • Youngdahl

Cole • Friedman • Williams •

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