Obituaries
May 9, 2012
9th Circuit Chief Judge Emeritus dies
Chief Circuit Judge Emeritus James Robert Browning, who combined political finesse with legal acumen, died Saturday.
By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - Chief Circuit Judge Emeritus James Robert Browning, who combined political finesse with legal acumen to forge the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals into a modern, mammoth bench that decides cases for a fifth of the nation's populace, died Saturday at a Marin County hospital, the circuit announced.
He was 93 and had lived in Mill Valley, commuting until his final decade by public transit to the 9th Circuit hea...
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