Morris Ames Soper
| Morris Ames Soper | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland | |
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In office 1923–1931 |
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| Nominated by | Warren G. Harding |
| Preceded by | John Carter Rose |
| Succeeded by | William Calvin Chesnut |
| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit | |
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In office 1932–1955 |
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| Appointed by | Herbert Hoover |
| Preceded by | Edmund Waddill, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Simon Sobeloff |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 23, 1873 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Died | March 11, 1963 (aged 90) Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Maryland School of Law |
Morris Ames Soper (January 23, 1873 – March 11, 1963) was a Maryland lawyer who became a Maryland judge and later United States federal judge. He served as a trial judge as well as an appellate judge. After his retirement (taking senior status), Soper participated in perhaps some of the most difficult cases in his career, enforcing the racial desegregation mandates of the United States Supreme Court as part of a three-judge panel in Virginia.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Soper received an A.B. from Johns Hopkins University in 1893 and an LL.B. from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1895. He was an Assistant state's attorney of Baltimore City from 1897 to 1899. He was an assistant U.S. Attorney of the District of Maryland from 1900 to 1909. He was in private practice in Maryland from 1909 to 1914. He was a President, Board of Police Commissioners, Baltimore City from 1912 to 1913. He was a Chief judge, Supreme Bench of Baltimore from 1914 to 1921. He was in private practice in Maryland from 1921 to 1923.
Soper was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. President Warren G. Harding nominated Soper on February 10, 1923, to a seat vacated by John C. Rose. The United States Senate confirmed his appointment on February 24, 1923, and Soper received his commission the same day, serving as a federal trial judge until May 9, 1931, when he was elevated to an appellate position via a recess appointment.
President Herbert Hoover on May 6, 1931 gave Soper a recess appointment to become a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, a vacancy having been created by the death of Edmund Waddill, Jr. Formally nominated on December 15, 1931, Soper was confirmed by the United States Senate on January 12, 1932, and received his commission on January 19, 1932. He assumed senior status on June 2, 1955, and served in that capacity until his death on March 11, 1963.
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