William Cameron Canby Jr.
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Senior status. Born 1931.
Federal judicial service
Newest firstJudge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
- Nominated
- Apr 2, 1980
- Senate vote
- Voice vote
- Confirmed
- May 21, 1980
- Commissioned
- May 23, 1980
- Senior status
- May 23, 1996
Education
- B.A., Yale University, 1953
- LL.B., University of Minnesota Law School, 1956
Career
- U.S. Air Force lieutenant and judge advocate, 1956-1958
- Law clerk, Hon. Charles E. Whittaker, Supreme Court of the United States, 1958-1959
- Private practice, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1959-1962
- U.S. Peace Corps, 1962-1966
- associate director, Ethiopia, 1962-1963
- deputy director, Ethiopia, 1963-1964, director, Uganda, 1964-1966
- Special assistant, U.S. Sen. Walter F. Mondale ofMinnesota, Washington, D.C., 1966
- Special assistant, President Harris Wofford, State University of New York at Old Westbury, 1967
- Professor of law, Arizona State University, 1967-1980
- Director, Office of Indian Law, Arizona State University College of Law
- Visiting Fulbright professor of law, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, 1970-1971
DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026
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