Oliver Seth

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title: "Oliver Seth" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1915-births", "1996-deaths", "20th-century-american-lawyers", "stanford-university-alumni", "yale-law-school-alumni", "lawyers-from-albuquerque,-new-mexico", "lawyers-from-santa-fe,-new-mexico", "united-states-army-officers", "judges-of-the-united-states-court-of-appeals-for-the-tenth-circuit", "united-states-court-of-appeals-judges-appointed-by-john-f.-kennedy"] description: "American judge" topic_path: "law" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Seth" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Oliver Seth
image	Oliver Seth.jpg
office	Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
term_start	December 25, 1984
term_end	March 27, 1996
office1	Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
term_start1	December 3, 1977
term_end1	September 15, 1984
predecessor1	David Thomas Lewis
successor1	William Judson Holloway Jr.
office2	Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
term_start2	June 20, 1962
term_end2	December 25, 1984
appointer2	John F. Kennedy
predecessor2	Sam G. Bratton
successor2	Bobby Baldock
birth_name	Oliver Seth
birth_date
birth_place	Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
death_date
education	Stanford University (BA)
Yale Law School (LLB)
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Education and career

Born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Seth received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford University in 1937. He received a Bachelor of Laws from Yale Law School in 1940. He was in private practice of law in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1940. He was a United States Army Major from 1940 to 1946. He returned to private practice in Santa Fe from 1946 to 1962. He was a Government Appeal Agent for the Selective Service System from 1948 to 1952.

Federal judicial service

Seth was nominated by President John F. Kennedy on May 24, 1962, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit vacated by Judge Sam G. Bratton. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 11, 1962, and received his commission on June 20, 1962. He served as Chief Judge from December 3, 1977 to September 15, 1984. He assumed senior status on December 25, 1984. He continued actively hearing cases until his service was terminated on March 27, 1996, due to his death.

References

References

1. {{FJC Bio. 2147
2. (May 12, 1977). "SF judge in line for higher post". The Santa Fe New Mexican.
3. (December 4, 1977). "Ceremonies Install Judge". The Salt Lake Tribune.
4. (September 21, 1984). "State Man Is Chief Appeals Court Judge". Tulsa World.
5. "Trierweiler v. Croxton Trench Holding Corp.".

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