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Walter King Stapleton

American judge (1934–2024)

Field	Value
name	Walter Stapleton
office	Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
term_start	June 2, 1999
term_end	November 23, 2024
office1	Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
term_start1	April 4, 1985
term_end1	June 2, 1999
appointer1	Ronald Reagan
predecessor1	Seat established by 98 Stat. 333
successor1	Thomas L. Ambro
office2	Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware
term_start2	December 23, 1983
term_end2	May 8, 1985
predecessor2	James Levin Latchum
successor2	Murray Merle Schwartz
office3	Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware
term_start3	October 14, 1970
term_end3	May 8, 1985
appointer3	Richard Nixon
predecessor3	Edwin DeHaven Steel Jr.
successor3	Jane Richards Roth
birth_date
birth_place	Cuthbert, Georgia, U.S.
death_date
death_place	Penn, Pennsylvania, U.S.
education	Princeton University (AB)
Harvard University (LLB)
University of Virginia (LLM)

| honorific-prefix = | honorific-suffix = Harvard University (LLB) University of Virginia (LLM)

Walter King Stapleton (June 2, 1934 – November 23, 2024) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.

Life and career

Early life and education

Stapleton was born in Cuthbert, Georgia on June 2, 1934. He received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Princeton University in 1956. He received a Bachelor of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1959. He received a Master of Laws from University of Virginia School of Law in 1984. He was in private practice of law in Wilmington, Delaware from 1959 to 1970. He was a deputy attorney general of Delaware from 1963 to 1964.

Federal judicial service

Stapleton was nominated by President Richard Nixon on September 22, 1970, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Delaware vacated by Judge Edwin DeHaven Steel Jr. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 8, 1970, and received commission six days later. He served as Chief Judge from 1983 to 1985. His service was terminated on May 8, 1985, due to elevation to the Third Circuit.

Stapleton was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on March 27, 1985, to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, to a new seat created by 98 Stat. 333. He was confirmed by the Senate on April 3, 1985, and received commission the following day. He assumed senior status on June 2, 1999. His service was terminated upon his death in 2024.

Death

Stapleton died in Penn, Pennsylvania on November 23, 2024, at the age of 90.

References

Sources

References

{{FJC Bio
(March 28, 1985). "Metropolitan News in Brief". [[The Philadelphia Inquirer]].
(November 25, 2024). "Statement re Judge Stapleton".

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