David Sutherland Nelson
| David Sutherland Nelson | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| District of Massachusetts | |
| Title: | Former Judge |
| Position: | Seat #10 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Jimmy Carter |
| Active: | 3/23/1979 - 9/27/1991 |
| Senior: | 9/27/1991 - 10/21/1998 |
| Preceded by: | 92 Stat. 1629 |
| Succeeded by: | Reginald Lindsay |
| Past post: | Superior Court of Massachusetts |
| Past term: | 1973-1979 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | December 2, 1933 |
| Home State: | Boston, MA |
| Deceased: | October 21, 1998 |
| Undergraduate: | Boston College, B.S., 1957 |
| Law School: | Boston College Law School, J.D., 1960 |
Contents |
Early life and education
- Boston College, B.S., 1957
- Boston College Law School, J.D., 1960[1]
Professional career
- Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts, 1960-1973
- Assistant professor, Boston University School of Public Communications, 1966-1973
- U.S. Commissioner, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, 1968-1969
- Instructor, Harvard Law School, 1969-1980
- Assistant commonwealth attorney general, Chief of Consumer Protection Division, Massachusetts, 1971-1973
- Justice, Superior Court of Massachusetts, 1973-1979
- Instructor in trial advocacy, Boston University School of Law, 1973-1992[1]
Judicial career
District of Massachusetts
Nelson was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on January 25, 1979, to a new seat created by 92 Stat. 1629; he was confirmed by the Senate on March 21, 1979, and received commission on March 23, 1979. He assumed senior status on September 27, 1991. He served the District of Massachusetts until his death on October 21, 1998. Nelson was succeeded in this position by Reginald Lindsay.[1]
See also
External links
- Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
References
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA - new seat |
District of Massachusetts 1979–1991 Seat #10 |
Succeeded by: Reginald Lindsay |
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| 1977 |
Ballantine • Bownes • Boyle • Bua • Carr • Clark • Cowan • Daly • Filippine • Higginbotham • Hoeveler • Hug • Johnstone • Kane • Keith • Leval • Logan • MacLaughlin • McKay • Melton • Merritt • Murphy • Nickerson • Oberdorfer • Roszkowski • Roy • Rubin • Sifton • Tang • Vance • Veron | ||
| 1978 |
Arnold • Baker • Boyle • Burns • Campos • Claiborne • Collins • Cook • Devine • Diamond • Duplantier • Edenfield • Friedman • Gonzalez • Greene • Jenkins • Lowe • Mazzone • McMillian • O'Brien • Pfaelzer • Phillips • Pollak • Sand • Shapiro • Simmons • Smith • Sweet • Tanner • Wiseman • Ziegler | ||
| 1979 |
Ackerman • Alarcon • Anderson • Arceneaux • Arnold • Aspen • Beatty • Beer • Belew • Bertelsman • Bilby • N. Black • S. Black • Bloch • Bowen • Brett • Brooks • Brown • Buchmeyer • Bunton • Burciaga • Cabranes • Carr • Carrigan • Castagna • Cire • Clark • Cohn • Conaboy • Cordova • Crabb • Cudahy • Davis • DeAnda • Debevoise • Edwards • Eginton • Ellison • Enslen • O. Evans • T. Evans • Farris • Ferguson • Fletcher • Frye • Garcia • Garza • B. Gibson • H. Gibson • Gierbolini-Ortiz • Giles • Gilliam • Green • Hall • Hastings • Hatchett • Hatfield • Hatter • Hawkins • Henderson • Higby • Hillman • Houck • Howard • Hudspeth • Hungate • F. Johnson • S. Johnson • N. Jones • S. Jones • Karlton • Kazen • Kearse • Keeton • Kehoe • Kennedy • Kidd • King • Kravitch • Loughlin • Martin • McCurn • McDonald • McNaught • McNichols • Mikva • Mitchell • Moran • Murnaghan • Murphy • D. Nelson • D.W. Nelson • Newblatt • Newman • Overton • Paine • Panner • J. Parker • R. Parker • Penn • Perez-Gimenez • Perry • Politz • Poole • Porter • Pregerson • Price • Rambo • Ramirez • Reavley • Redden • E. Reed • S. Reed • Reinhardt • Renner • Robinson • Rothstein • Sachs • Saffels • Sanders • Sarokin • Schroeder • Schwartz • Seay • Senter • Seymour • Shannon • Shaw • Shoob • Skopil • Sloviter • Sofaer • Spellman • Sprouse • Staker • Tate • Taylor • Thompson • Tidwell • Unthank • Vietor • Vining • Wald • Ward • Weinshienk • West • Wicker • Williams • Winder • Woods • Wright • Zobel | ||
| 1980 |
Aguilar • Aldrich • Anderson • Boochever • Breyer • Britt • Cahill • Canby • Carroll • Cerezo • Clemon • S. Ervin • R. Erwin • Getzendanner • Gilmore • Ginsburg • Haltom • Hardy • Henderson • Hobbs • Holschuh • Horton • Howard • Johnson • Keep • Kelly • Kenyon • Kocoras • Marquez • Marshall • Michael • Nixon • Norris • Patel • Polozola • Propst • Quackenbush • Ramsey • Rice • Shadur • Spiegel • Tashima • Thompson • Vela • White • Williams | ||
| 1981 | |||
