Draft:E. B. Smith (judge)
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Earl B. Smith (May 9, 1896 – September 28, 1975)[1] was a justice of the Idaho Supreme Court from 1954 to 1968, serving as chief justice from 1964 to 1968. He received his J.D. from the University of Idaho College of Law in 1919.
Born and raised in Boise, Idaho, Smith received his law degree from the University of Idaho and gained admission to the bar in that state in 1923.[2]
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Smith was appointed to a seat on the court vacated by the death of Darwin W. Thomas, and was sworn in on December 17, 1954.[3]
He ran for election to the seat in 1956.[4]
In 1971, he served as a consultant to an Idaho state legislative committee recodifying the state's workmen's compensation law.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Judge Smith, 79, Dies in Hospital", The Idaho Statesman (September 29, 1975), p. 18.
- ^ "Governor Chooses Smith For Supreme Court Post", The Idaho Statesman (December 11, 1954), p. 5.
- ^ "Lawyer Sworn on Idaho Bench". Spokane Daily Chronicle. December 17, 1954.
- ^ "Two on Idaho High Bench Seeking to Retain Seats". Spokane Daily Chronicle. May 3, 1956.
- ^ "Compensation law adopted", The Times-News (March 11, 1971), p. 3.
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