David G. Roberts
David G. Roberts (July 17, 1928 – January 26, 1999), of Portland, Maine, was a Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court from January 11, 1980, to August 31, 1998.
Born in Penobscot County, Maine,[1] he attended the Mount Hermon School for Boys in Gill, Massachusetts and received an undergraduate degree from Bowdoin College in 1950, and a law degree from Boston University School of Law in 1956. He "served in the United States Army and was stationed in both Japan and Korea".[2][3] Roberts "began his law practice in Caribou in 1960, then shortly afterwards moved to Bangor".[1] From 1961 to 1966, Roberts served as an assistant United States Attorney for District of Maine.[4] In 1967, Roberts was appointed as a Maine Superior Court judge.[4]
On November 30, 1979, Governor Joseph E. Brennan named Roberts to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.[4] In 1980, President Jimmy Carter nominated Roberts to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Maine vacated by George J. Mitchell, but Carter's term as president expired without a vote on confirmation being taken.[2][5] Roberts remained on the state supreme court until his retirement on August 31, 1998.[2]
Roberts was killed in an automobile accident in Portland, Maine, less than six months after retiring from the court.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b "Justice David G. Roberts", The Bangor Daily News (January 28, 1999), p. 8.
- ^ a b c d "The Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Maine, 1820 to 2009". Nathan & Henry B. Cleaves Law Library. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
- ^ "Maine Supreme Court Chief and Associate Justices | Maine State Legislature". legislature.maine.gov. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
- ^ a b c David Rawson, "Roberts named to court", The Bangor Daily News (December 1, 1979), p. 29.
- ^ "NOMINATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE SENATE Week Ending | The American Presidency Project". www.presidency.ucsb.edu.
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