Theodore Levin

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Years in office: 1946 - 1970

Education

Bachelor's

University of Detroit, Mercy School of Law, 1920

Law

University of Detroit School of Law, 1924

Personal

Birthplace

Chicago, IL

Theodore Levin (1897-1970) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Levin was nominated by PresidentHarry Truman on July 3, 1946, to a seat vacated byEdward Julien Moinet; he was confirmed by the Senate on July 25, 1946, and received his commission onJuly 27th. He served aschief judge from 1959-1967. He died onDecember 31, 1970. Levin was succeeded in this position byRobert DeMascio.

Early life and education

• University of Detroit School of Law, LL.B., 1920
• University of Detroit School of Law, LL.M., 1924

Professional career

• Private practice, Detroit, Michigan, 1920-1946

Judicial career

Eastern District of Michigan

Levin was nominated by PresidentHarry Truman on July 3, 1946, to a seat vacated byEdward Julien Moinet;^[1] he was confirmed by the Senate on July 25, 1946, and received his commission onJuly 27th. He served aschief judge from 1959-1967. He died onDecember 31, 1970. Levin was succeeded in this position byRobert DeMascio.

External links

• Biography(dead link) from theFederal Judicial Center.

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Active judges	•  Thomas Ludington  •  Mark Goldsmith  •  Stephen Murphy (Michigan)  •  Shalina Kumar  •  Linda V. Parker  •  Laurie Michelson  •  Terrence Berg  •  Judith Ellen Levy  •  Matthew Frederick Leitman  •  Jonathan Grey  •  Frances Kay Behm  •  Susan DeClercq  •  Brandy McMillion  •  Robert White (Michigan)
Senior judges	Bernard Friedman  •  Paul Borman  •  Robert Cleland  •  Nancy Edmunds  •  Denise Hood  •  David M. Lawson  •  John O'Meara (Michigan)  •  George Steeh  •  Gershwin Drain  •
Magistrate judges	David Grand  •  Patricia T. Morris  •  Anthony Patti  •  Elizabeth Stafford  •  Kimberly Altman  •  Curtis Ivy Jr.  •
Former Article III judges	Damon Keith  •  Victoria Roberts  •  Marianne Battani  •  Anna Taylor  •  Avern Cohn  •  Sean Cox (Michigan)  •  Patrick Duggan  •  John Feikens  •  Paul Gadola  •  Arthur Tarnow  •  Lawrence Zatkoff  •  Cornelia Kennedy  •  Ralph Guy  •  Richard Suhrheinrich  •  Horace Gilmore  •  Stewart Newblatt  •  Ross Wilkins  •  Barbara Hackett  •  Russell Harvey (Michigan)  •  George La Plata  •  Henry Billings Brown (U.S. Supreme Court)  •  John Wesley Longyear  •  Henry Harrison Swan  •  Alexis Caswell Angell  •  Arthur Tuttle  •  Charles Casper Simons  •  Edward Julien Moinet  •  Ernest Aloysius O'Brien  •  Arthur Lederle  •  Frank Picard  •  Wade Hampton McCree, Jr.  •  James Churchill  •  Mona Majzoub  •  Patricia Boyle  •  Robert DeMascio  •  Ralph Freeman  •  Lawrence Gubow  •  Frederick Kaess  •  Arthur Koscinski  •  Theodore Levin (Michigan)  •  Thaddeus Machrowicz  •  Clifford O'Sullivan  •  Philip Pratt (Michigan)  •  Stephen Roth (Michigan)  •  Talbot Smith  •  Thomas Thornton  •  George Woods (federal judge)  •  Stephanie Dawkins Davis  •
Former Chief judges	Damon Keith  •  Bernard Friedman  •  Anna Taylor  •  Julian Cook  •  Sean Cox (Michigan)  •  John Feikens  •  Lawrence Zatkoff  •  Cornelia Kennedy  •  Arthur Lederle  •  Frank Picard  •  James Churchill  •  Ralph Freeman  •  Frederick Kaess  •  Theodore Levin (Michigan)  •  Philip Pratt (Michigan)  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byHarry Truman
1945	Burton •Clark •Donovan •Gilliam •Gourley •Holtzoff •Koscinski •Madden •Mathes •Mellott •S. Miller •W. Miller •Mollison •O'Connell •Orr •Prettyman •Rice
1946	Curran •Driver •Follmer •Harris •Kalodner •Kampf •Keech •Levin •Lynne •McGranery •Murphy •Rodney •Scarlett •Shelbourne •Speakman •Starr •Vinson •Weinberger
1947	Bryan, Sr. •Christenberry •Clifford •Collet •Dooley •Harper •Howell •Johnson •Jones •Lemmon •Medina •Rayfiel •Ryan • Thomason
1948	Harper •Henderson •Johnson •Kaufman •Proctor •Rao •Stephens •Tamm
1949	Allred •Andrews •Bazelon •Borah •Burns •Carter •Clark •Clary •Conger •Connally •Duffy •Erskine •Fahy •Finnegan •Foley •Ford •Gibson •Grim •Hastie •Hatch •Hill •Hooper •Kaufman •Kirkland •Lindley •Matthews •McCarthy •McGohey •McLaughlin •Minton •Murray •Noonan •Pickett •Platt •Pope •Ritter •Russell •Solomon •Sugarman •Swaim •Switzer •Taylor •Tehan •Thornton •Warlick •Washington •Westover •Wright
1950	Bastian •Byrne, Sr. •Carter •Knous •Marsh •Murphy •Simpson •Staley •Steckler •Strum •Wallace •Weinfeld •Whitehurst •Worley
1951	Dimock •Edelstein •Hartigan •Hartshorne •Leahy •Lindberg •McNamee •Medina •Modarelli •Murphy •Perry •Rives •Sheehy •Sloan •Stewart •Thomas •Tolin •Youngdahl
1952	Cole •Friedman •Williams •