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Theodore Levin (Michigan)

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Theodore Levin

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Prior offices

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Education

Personal

Theodore Levin (1897-1970) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Levin was nominated by President Harry Truman on July 3, 1946, to a seat vacated by Edward Julien Moinet; he was confirmed by the Senate on July 25, 1946, and received his commission on July 27th. He served as chief judge from 1959-1967. He died on December 31, 1970. Levin was succeeded in this position by Robert DeMascio.

Early life and education

  • University of Detroit School of Law, LL.B., 1920
  • University of Detroit School of Law, LL.M., 1924

Professional career

  • Private practice, Detroit, Michigan, 1920-1946

Judicial career

Eastern District of Michigan

Levin was nominated by President Harry Truman on July 3, 1946, to a seat vacated by Edward Julien Moinet;[1] he was confirmed by the Senate on July 25, 1946, and received his commission on July 27th. He served as chief judge from 1959-1967. He died on December 31, 1970. Levin was succeeded in this position by Robert DeMascio.

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Political offices
Preceded by:
Edward Julien Moinet 		Eastern District of Michigan
1946–1970
Seat #3 		Succeeded by:
Robert DeMascio

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Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Active judges

Chief Judge: Sean Cox (Michigan)   •  Thomas Ludington  •  Mark Goldsmith  •  Stephen Murphy (Michigan)  •  Shalina Kumar  •  Linda V. Parker  •  Laurie Michelson  •  Terrence Berg  •  Judith Ellen Levy  •  Matthew Frederick Leitman  •  Jonathan Grey  •  Frances Kay Behm  •  Susan DeClercq  •  Brandy McMillion  •  Robert White (Michigan)

Senior judges

Bernard Friedman  •  Paul Borman  •  Robert Cleland  •  Nancy Edmunds  •  Denise Hood  •  David M. Lawson  •  John O'Meara (Michigan)  •  George Steeh  •  Gershwin Drain  •  

Magistrate judges David Grand  •  Patricia T. Morris  •  Anthony Patti  •  Elizabeth Stafford  •  Kimberly Altman  •  Curtis Ivy Jr.  •  
Former Article III judges

Damon Keith  •  Victoria Roberts  •  Marianne Battani  •  Anna Taylor  •  Avern Cohn  •  Patrick Duggan  •  John Feikens  •  Paul Gadola  •  Arthur Tarnow  •  Lawrence Zatkoff  •  Cornelia Kennedy  •  Ralph Guy  •  Richard Suhrheinrich  •  Horace Gilmore  •  Stewart Newblatt  •  Ross Wilkins  •  Barbara Hackett  •  Russell Harvey (Michigan)  •  George La Plata  •  Henry Billings Brown (U.S. Supreme Court)  •  John Wesley Longyear  •  Henry Harrison Swan  •  Alexis Caswell Angell  •  Arthur Tuttle  •  Charles Casper Simons  •  Edward Julien Moinet  •  Ernest Aloysius O'Brien  •  Arthur Lederle  •  Frank Picard  •  Wade Hampton McCree, Jr.  •  James Churchill  •  Mona Majzoub  •  Patricia Boyle  •  Robert DeMascio  •  Ralph Freeman  •  Lawrence Gubow  •  Frederick Kaess  •  Arthur Koscinski  •  Theodore Levin (Michigan)  •  Thaddeus Machrowicz  •  Clifford O'Sullivan  •  Philip Pratt (Michigan)  •  Stephen Roth (Michigan)  •  Talbot Smith  •  Thomas Thornton  •  George Woods (federal judge)  •  Stephanie Dawkins Davis  •  

Former Chief judges

Damon Keith  •  Bernard Friedman  •  Anna Taylor  •  Julian Cook  •  John Feikens  •  Lawrence Zatkoff  •  Cornelia Kennedy  •  Arthur Lederle  •  Frank Picard  •  James Churchill  •  Ralph Freeman  •  Frederick Kaess  •  Theodore Levin (Michigan)  •  Philip Pratt (Michigan)  •  

Harry Truman

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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 •