[PW] Federal judges in New Jersey

[Brian Whatcott]

At 12:27 PM 8/25/2008, you wrote:

>Patron would like to know if there is a way to determine if his
>...cousin... was really a Federal Court
>judge (or any other type of judge), he thinks, out of New Jersey,
>in the 1970s. Apparently...he was
>the youngest Federal Court judge in the history of that state.
>My research shows a lawyer by that name (first, middle and last
>name) ... became licensed in New Jersey 11/30/71...
>
>I called the Office of the Federal Court for Northern New Jersey and
>they said there is no record of a Federal Court judge (or any other
>judge) by that name...
>Sara

This URL carries a study with details of cases decided in 106
Federal courts,by year from 1970.
I see that some data are reserved for special request only,
  to assuage privacy concerns. It may possibly help
to identify all Federal judges in the period of interest,
  though the method would be laborious.

  <http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/08429.xml#access-and-availability>


Brian Whatcott    Altus OK    Eureka!