John Walter

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1 Legal career
2 Legal career
3 Federal judicial career
- 3.1 Beat.com case
4 References

John F. Walter is a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Central District of California. He joined the court in 2002 after being nominated by President George W. Bush.

Legal career

Walter graduated from Loyola-Marymount with his Bachelor's Degree in 1966 and with his Juris Doctorate Degree in 1969. ^[1]

Legal career

Walter became a private practice attorney licensed in the State of California from 1969 to 1970 and from 1972 to 2002. Walter also joined the US Attorney's Office as Assistant U.S. attorney for the Central District of California from 1970 to 1972. ^[1]

Federal judicial career

Walter was nominated by President George W. Bush on January 23, 2002 to a seat vacated by John Davies. Walter was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on April 25, 2002 on a unopposed 99-0-1 vote and received commission on May 1, 2002^[2]. ^[1]

Beat.com case

Judge Walter was the presiding judge in a lawsuit involving the music website beat.com. The judge on November 5, 2009 issued a restraining order on the music website on selling songs from the legendary music group The Beatles. EMI which holds the rights to the Beatles alleged the website illegally sold Beatles songs. A separate case is going to be held on November 20, 2009 to determine how much in monetary damages BlueBeat owes^[3].

References

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2004	Alvarez • Benton • Boyko • Covington • Diamond • Harwell • Kelley • Schiavelli • Schneider • Starrett • Watson
2005	Alito • Barrett • Batten • Bianco • Brown • Burgess • Conrad • Cox • Crotty • Delgado-Colon • Dever • DuBose • Griffin • Griffith • Johnston • Kendall • Larson • Ludington • Mattice • McKeague • Neilson • Owen • Pryor • Roberts • Sandoval • Schiltz • Seabright • Smoak • Van Tatenhove • Vitaliano • Watkins • Zouhary
2006	Besosa • Bumb • Chagares • Cogan • Gelpi • Golden • Gordon • Gorsuch • Guilford • Hillman • Holmes • Ikuta • D. Jordan • K. Jordan • Kavanaugh • Miller • Moore • Shepherd • Sheridan • Smith • Whitney • Wigenton
2007	Anderson • Aycock • Bailey • Bryant • Davis • DeGiusti • Dow • Elrod • Fairbank • Fischer • Frizzell • Gutierrez • Hall • Hardiman • Haynes • Howard • Jarvey • Jones • Jonker • Kapala • Kays • Laplante • Limbaugh • Lioi • Livingston • Maloney • Mauskopf • Mendez • Miller • Neff • O'Connor • O'Grady • O'Neill • Osteen • Ozerden • Reidinger • Sammartino • Schroeder • Settle • Smith • Snow • Southwick • Suddaby • Sullivan • Thapar • Tinder • Van Bokkelen • Wood • Wright • Wu
2008	Agee • Anello • Arguello • Brimmer • Gardephe • Goldberg • Jones • Kethledge • Lawrence • Matsumoto • Melgren • Murphy • Scriven • Seibel • Slomsky • Trenga • Waddoups • White