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John Boyd Avis (July 11, 1875 – January 21, 1944) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey .
Education and career
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Avis was born in Deerfield , New Jersey , the son of a New Jersey assemblyman, and the great-great grandson of a Revolutionary War soldier who had fought at Valley Forge .[1] He read law from 1890 to 1894 with John S. Mitchell and from 1897 to 1898 with David O. Watkins in Woodbury , New Jersey.[1] [2] [3] [3]
In 1900, he and Watkins became partners, and the partnership lasted until 1907, from which time Avis practiced alone until his appointment to the bench in 1929.[3] Republican [2] New Jersey General Assembly from 1902 to 1905, serving as the Speaker from 1904 to 1905. He was a member of the New Jersey Senate from 1906 to 1908. In 1912, he attended the Republican National Convention , where he was a delegate for Theodore Roosevelt .[1] [3]
Federal judicial service
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Avis was nominated by President Herbert Hoover on September 9, 1929, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey vacated by Judge Joseph Lamb Bodine , who had joined the New Jersey Supreme Court . He was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 2, 1929, and received his commission the same day.[4] Camden , New Jersey.[5] [4]
Notable cases
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Among Avis's most notable cases was the sentencing of Skinny D'Amato 's guilty plea, and ruling on the authorship of the "Old 97" ballad , a decision eventually reversed by the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit .[6]
References
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^ a b Lundy, F.L.; Thomas F. Fitzgerald; Louis C. Gosson; Josephine A. Fitzgerald; John P. Dullard (1905). Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey . pp. 314–315.
^ a b c d Keasbey, Edward Quinton (1912). The courts and lawyers of New Jersey 1661-1912 . Vol. 3. Lewis Historical Pub. Co.
^ a b John Boyd Avis at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges Federal Judicial Center .
^ Lender, Mark Edward (2006). "This honorable court": the United States District Court for the district of New Jersey, 1789-2000 Rutgers University Press . ISBN 0-8135-3804-1
^ "John Boyd Avis | Historical Society of the US District Court for the District of NJ | United States District Court" . www.history.njd.uscourts.gov . Retrieved 2020-04-24 .
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