Philip Nichols
Philip Nichols Jr. (1907-1990) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the United States Court of Claims and the United States Customs Court. He was reassigned from the Court of Claims to the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals by the Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982.[1]
Federal judicial service
Nichols served as a judge on the U.S. Customs Court from 1964 to 1966, following a nomination by Lyndon Johnson and a September 15, 1964 commission. He was later nominated to the U.S. Court of Claims, again by President Johnson, and served there from 1966 to 1982, following a November 3, 1966 commission. He was reassigned to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on October 1, 1982. He assumed senior status on October 1, 1983. His service was terminated on January 26, 1990 due to his death.[2][3]
Education
Nichols earned his AB from Harvard University in 1929. He went on to receive his J.D.from Harvard Law School in 1932.[3]
Professional career
Nichols worked in private practice in Boston, Massachusetts, from 1932 to 1938. He then worked as a Special Attorney for the Lands Division of the U.S. Department of Justice from 1938 to 1941. From 1942 to 1944 he was a Special Attorney for the Legal Division of the U.S. War Production Board. He served in the United States Navy as a Lieutenant Commander from 1944 to 1946. Nichols then worked as Assistant General Counsel for the U.S. Treasury Department from 1947 to 1951. He then was General Counsel for the Renegotiation Board from 1951 to 1954. He went back to private practice work in Washington, DC, from 1954 to 1961. From 1961 to 1964 he was Commissioner of Customs for the U.S. Department of Treasury.[3]
Footnotes
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Kimberly Moore • Leonard Stark • Sharon Prost • Pauline Newman • Alan Lourie • Timothy Dyk • Jimmie V. Reyna • Richard Gary Taranto • Raymond Chen • Todd Hughes • Kara Farnandez Stoll • Tiffany Cunningham | ||
| Senior judges |
Alvin Schall • Haldane Mayer • Richard Linn • William Bryson • S. Jay Plager • Raymond Clevenger • Evan Wallach • | ||
| Former judges | Kathleen M. O'Malley • Paul Michel • Randall Rader • Arthur Gajarsa • Daniel Friedman • Glenn Archer • James Almond • Jean Bissell • Phillip Baldwin • Marion Bennett • Arnold Cowen • Oscar Davis • Shiro Kashiwa • Don Laramore • Howard Markey • Jack Miller • Philip Nichols • Helen Nies • Giles Rich • Byron Skelton • Edward Samuel Smith • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Paul Michel • Sharon Prost • Haldane Mayer • Glenn Archer • Howard Markey • Helen Nies • | ||
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| Former judges |
Atkinson • Barney • Bennett • Blackford • Booth • Campbell • Casey • Collins • Cowen • John Davis • John Bancroft Davis • Oscar Davis • Downey • Drake • Durfee • Friedman • Gilchrist • Graham • Green • Hay • Howell • Howry • Hughes • Hunt • Jones • Kashiwa • Kunzig • Laramore • Littleton • Loring • Madden • Milligan • Moss • Nichols • Nott • Peck • Peelle • Richardson • Scarburgh • Scofield • Sinnott • Skelton • Smith • Weldon • Whaley • Whitaker • Williams • Wilmot • Wright • | ||
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| Former judges |
Adamson • Alger • Beckworth • Boe • Brown • Chamberlain • Cline • Cole • Cooper • Dallinger • De Vries • Ekwall • Evans • Fischer • Ford • Ham • Hay • Howell • Jewell • Johnson • Keefe • Kincheloe • Landis • Lawrence • Lunt • Maletz • McClelland • Mollison • Newman • Nichols • Oliver • Rao • Re • Richardson • Rosenstein • Sharpe • Sharretts • Shurtleff • Somerville • Stackpole • Sullivan • Tichenor • Tilson • Waite • Walker • Watson • Weller • Wilkinson • Wilson • Young | ||
