Jesse Eschbach
| Jesse Eschbach | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | |
| Title: | Former Federal Judge |
| Position: | Seat #1 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Ronald Reagan |
| Active: | 12/1/1981 - 11/4/1985 |
| Senior: | 11/4/1985 - 10/25/2005 |
| Preceded by: | Luther Swygert |
| Past post: | Northern District of Indiana |
| Past chief: | 1974 - 1981 |
| Past term: | 4/13/1962 - 12/11/1981 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | October 26, 1920 |
| Home State: | Warsaw, IN |
| Deceased: | October 25, 2005 |
| Bachelors: | Indiana University, B.S., 1943 |
| Law School: | Indiana University School of Law, J.D., 1949 |
| Military service: | U.S. Navy 1943 - 1946 |
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Jesse Ernest Eschbach (1920-2005) was a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana and the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Early life and education
- Indiana University, B.S., 1943
- Indiana University School of Law, J.D., 1949[1]
Professional career
- U.S. Navy Lieutenant, 1943-1946
- Private practice, Warsaw, Indiana, 1949-1962
- U.S. Office of Price Stabilization, Washington, DC, 1951
- City attorney, Warsaw, Indiana, 1952-1953
- Deputy prosecuting attorney, 54th Judicial Circuit, Indiana, 1953-1954
- President, secretary, general counsel, Dalton Foundries, Inc., 1959-1962
- President, Endicott Church Furniture, Inc., 1960-1962[1]
Judicial career
Seventh Circuit
Eschbach was nominated to the Seventh Circuit by President Ronald Reagan on October 20, 1981, to a seat vacated by Luther Swygert; he was confirmed by the Senate on November 24, 1981, and received commission on December 1, 1981. He assumed senior status on November 4, 1985. He served the Seventh Circuit until his death on October 25, 2005.
Northern District of Indiana
Eschbach was nominated to the Northern District of Indiana by President John F. Kennedy on March 12, 1962, to a seat vacated by Luther Swygert; he was confirmed by the Senate on April 2, 1962, and received commission on April 13, 1962. From 1974-1981, he served as the chief judge. He served the Northern District of Indiana until he was elevated to the Seventh Circuit on December 11, 1981.[1] Eschbach was succeeded in this position by James T. Moody.
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Judge Eschbach's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Federal judicial offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by: Luther Swygert |
Northern District of Indiana 1962–1981 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: James T. Moody |
| Preceded by: Luther Swygert |
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals 1981–2005 |
Succeeded by: Michael Kanne |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Philip Simon • Robert Miller • Theresa Springmann • Joseph Van Bokkelen • Jon E. DeGuilio | ||
| Senior judges | |||
| Magistrate judges | Roger Cosbey • Paul Cherry • Christopher Nuechterlein • John E. Martin (Indiana) • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Allen Sharp • Michael Kanne • Jesse Eschbach • Thomas Whitten Slick • George Beamer • Robert Grant • Phil McNagny • William Parkinson • Luther Swygert • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Robert Miller • Allen Sharp • William Lee • Jesse Eschbach • George Beamer • Robert Grant • Luther Swygert • | ||
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| 1981 |
Bartlett • Beam • Becker • Bork • Cacheris • Cardamone • Chapman • Coughenour • Cox • Crow • Cyr • Doumar • Eschbach • Forrester • Garwood • Gibson • Glasser • Hall • Hamilton • Head • Jones • Kiser • Krenzler • Lee • Magnuson • McLaughlin • Miner • Moore • Nowlin • O'Connor • Pierce • Posner • Potter • Russell • Ryan • Shabaz • Sprizzo • Stevens • Waters • Wilhoit • Wilkins • Winter | ||
| 1982 |
Acker • Acosta • Altimari • Bell • Bissell • Black • Bullock • Caldwell • Coffey • Contie • Coyle • Dowd • Fagg • Fong • Fox • Gadbois • Gibson • Ginsburg • Hart • Higginbotham • Hogan • Irving • Jackson • Jolly • Kanne • Kovachevich • Krupansky • Lynch • Mansmann • McNamara • Mencer • Mentz • Mihm • Moody • Nordberg • Paul • Pieras • Plunkett • Porfilio • Potter • Pratt • Rafeedie • Restani • Roberts • Scalia • Selya • Telesca • Wellford | ||
| 1983 |
Baldock • Barbour • Barry • Bowman • Carman • Carter • Curran • Davis • Dorsey • Feldman • Fish • Flaum • Gibbons • Hallanan • Harris • Hinojosa • Hull • Hupp • Katz • Keenan • Kelly • Kram • Laffitte • Limbaugh, Sr. • Limbaugh, Sr. • Milburn • Nesbitt • Nevas • O'Neill • Rymer • Sharp • Starr • Vinson • Vukasin • Wexler • Woods | ||
| 1984 |
Barker • Beezer • Biggers • Billings • Bissell • Boyle • Brewster • Browning • DiCarlo • Duhe • Garcia • George • Hall • Hargrove • Higgins • Hill • Holland • Ideman • Jarvis • Keller • Leavy • Lee • Legge • Leisure • Little • Livaudais • Longobardi • McKibben • Milburn • Newman • Norgle • Prado • Rea • Rosenblatt • Rovner • Scirica • Smith, Jr. • Sneeden • Stotler • Suhrheinrich • Torruella • Wiggins • Wilkinson | ||
| 1985 |
Alley • Altimari • Anderson • Aquilino • Archer • Arnold • Baldock • Batchelder • Battey • Broomfield • Brown • Brown • Brunetti • Buckley • Cobb • Conmy • Cowen • Davidson • Dimmick • Duff • Easterbrook • Edgar • Farnan • Fernandez • Fitzpatrick • Fuste • Greene • Gunn • Guy • Hall • Hilton • Holderman • Hughes • Johnson • Jones • Korman • Kozinski • La Plata • Leinenweber • Letts • Lovell • Ludwig • Maloney • Mansmann • Marcus • McDonald • Meredith • Miller • Mills • Miner • Motz • Nelson • Noonan • Porfilio • Revercomb • Rhoades • Ripple • Rodriguez • Rosenbaum • Roth • Ryan • Sam • Scott • Sentelle • Silberman • Sporkin • Stanton • Stapleton • Strand • Strom • Tacha • Tevrizian • Thompson • Todd • Tsoucalas • Walker • Walter • Weber • Williams • Wilson • Wingate • Wolf • Wollman • Young • Zloch | ||
| 1986 |
Anderson • Boggs • Bryan • Cedarbaum • Cholakis • Conway • Davies • Dearie • Dubina • Duggan • Edmondson • Fawsett • Fitzwater • Gex • Graham • Hackett • Hansen • Henderson • Hittner • Howard • Jensen • Kay • Kleinfeld • Kosik • Lagueux • Lechner • Magill • Mahoney • Manion • McAvoy • McQuade • Norris • O'Scannlain • Rehnquist • Ryskamp • Scalia • Selya • Simpson • Smalkin • Spencer • Stiehl • Wilkins • Williams • Woodlock • Zatkoff | ||
| 1987 |
Alesia • Beam • Bell • Conboy • Cowen • Cummings • Daronco • Doty • Dwyer • Ebel • Ellis • Gadola • Gawthrop • Greenberg • Harrington • Howard • Hoyt • Hutchinson • Kanne • Kelly • Larimer • Leavy • Lew • Marsh • Mayer • McKinney • Michel • Mukasey • Musgrave • Niemeyer • Parker • Phillips • Politan • Pro • Raggi • Reasoner • Reed • Scirica • Sentelle • Smith • Smith • Stadtmueller • Standish • Tinder • Torres • Trott • Turner • Van Antwerpen • Voorhees • Webb • Whipple • Wolin • Wolle • Wood • Zagel | ||
| 1988 |
Arcara • Babcock • Brorby • Butler • Cambridge • Camp • Conlon • Cox • Dubois • Duhe • Ezra • Forester • Friedman • Garza • Hutton • Jordan • Kennedy • Lake • Lamberth • Lifland • Lozano • Marovich • Nygaard • Patterson • Schell • Smith • Smith • Tilley • Waldman • Zilly | ||
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| 1961 |
Ainsworth • Augelli • Austin • Battisti • Becker • Beeks • Bell • Blumenfeld • Bohanon • Brown • Browning • Bryan Sr. • Clarie • Cox • Craven • Croake • Davis • Dillin • Dooling • Doyle • Dumbauld • Duniway • Dyer • Freedman • Ganey • Garza • Gibson • Gray • Hill • Kaufman • Kiley • Larkins • Larson • Lord • Luongo • MacBride • Machrowicz • Martin • McCree • McRae • Michie • Morgan • Northrop • Parsons • Peck II • Pence • Plummer • Putnam • Ridge • Sheridan • Smith • Stephens, Jr. • Swygert • West • Will • Wilson • Young • Zirpoli | ||
| 1962 |
Allgood • Barrow • Beamer • Bell • Body • Bonsal • Brewster • Brown • Butzner • Carr • Cohen • Coolahan • Cooper • Crary • Curtis • Daugherty • Oscar Davis • Elliott • Ellis • Eschbach • Feinberg • Foley • Fox • Gewin • Goldberg • Gray • Green • Hanson • Hays • Hughes • Jones • McLean • McManus • Meredith • Neese • Noel • Oliver • Preyer • Regan • Rosenberg • Rosling • Roth • Seth • Shaw • Smith • Spears • Templar • Tyler • Weigel • White • Winter • Wright • Wyatt | ||
| 1963 |
Almond • Cannella • Craig • Decker • Edwards • Fulton • Marovitz • McGowan • Mehaffy • Moynahan • Nealon • Payne • Phillips • Tenney • Thompson • Thornberry | ||
- Northern District of Indiana, Seat 1
- Former federal judge, Northern District of Indiana
- Former federal judge, Seventh Circuit
- Former federal judge
- Appointed by John F. Kennedy
- Confirmed 1962
- Former chief judge, Northern District of Indiana
- Appointed by Ronald Reagan
- Confirmed 1981
- Indiana U. Alumni
- Indiana U. Law Alumni
- Navy veteran
