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'''William Alvan Grimes''' (July 4, 1911 – February 28, 1999)<ref name="Obit">"Grimes, National Judicial College founding faculty member, dead at 87", ''Reno Gazette-Journal'' (March 2, 1999), p. 15.</ref> was a justice of the [[New Hampshire Supreme Court]] from 1966 to 1981, serving as chief justice from 1979 to 1981.<ref name="Obit"/> |
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Born in [[Dover, New Hampshire]], Grimes received a [[Bachelor of Science|B.S.]] from the [[University of New Haven]] in 1934, and a [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] from the [[Boston University School of Law]] in 1937.<ref name="Obit"/><ref name="SCNH">Supreme Court of New Hampshire, "[https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/Photocopy/45171NCJRS.pdf An Introduction to the Supreme Court of New Hampshire]" (August 1977), p. 20.</ref> He gained [[admission to the bar]] in New Hampshire the same year, and joined the [[Rochester, New Hampshire]], law firm of Cooper & Hall, becoming a partner in 1941. Grimes served in the [[New Hampshire House of Representatives]] from 1933 to 1935 and again from 1937 to 1939.<ref name="SCNH"/> |
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'''William Alvan Grimes''' (YEAR – YEAR) was a Justice of the [[New Hampshire Supreme Court]] from 1966 to 1981, serving as Chief Justice from 1979 to 1981. |
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During [[World War II]], Grimes served in the [[United States Navy Reserve]].<ref name="SCNH"/> After working as solicitor for the City of Dover from 1946 to 1947, he held a seat on the Superior Court of New Hampshire from 1947 until his appointment to the state supreme court in 1966.<ref name="SCNH"/> He was a founding faculty member of the [[National Judicial College]], and author of an influential annual summary of U.S. Supreme Court [[criminal law]] cases titled ''Grimes' Criminal Law Outline''.<ref name="Obit"/> |
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Grimes died at a retirement home in Maine at the age of 87.<ref name="Obit"/> |
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*[https://www.bu.edu/law/09-william-grimes/ Portrait at Boston University School of Law] |
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Latest revision as of 02:06, 8 December 2023
William Alvan Grimes (July 4, 1911 – February 28, 1999)[1] was a justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court from 1966 to 1981, serving as chief justice from 1979 to 1981.[1]
Born in Dover, New Hampshire, Grimes received a B.S. from the University of New Haven in 1934, and a J.D. from the Boston University School of Law in 1937.[1][2] He gained admission to the bar in New Hampshire the same year, and joined the Rochester, New Hampshire, law firm of Cooper & Hall, becoming a partner in 1941. Grimes served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1933 to 1935 and again from 1937 to 1939.[2]
During World War II, Grimes served in the United States Navy Reserve.[2] After working as solicitor for the City of Dover from 1946 to 1947, he held a seat on the Superior Court of New Hampshire from 1947 until his appointment to the state supreme court in 1966.[2] He was a founding faculty member of the National Judicial College, and author of an influential annual summary of U.S. Supreme Court criminal law cases titled Grimes' Criminal Law Outline.[1]
Grimes died at a retirement home in Maine at the age of 87.[1]
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