Shirley M. Hufstedler

Shirley M. Hufstedler was a judge on the United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. She was nominated by President Johnson in 1968 and confirmed by the US Senate. She had previously been an Associate Justice of the Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Five in Los Angeles and a Judge of the Superior Court in Los Angeles County. She was also a special assistant to the California Attorney General on Colorado River Litigation and an advisor to the Commission on the Status of Women in California. She was a private law practitioner, a faculty member at a seminar for appellate judges, and the author of several lectures, addresses, and articles. She was admitted to the California Bar in 1950 and the US Supreme Court in 1961. She had a LL.D. from Columbia University, New York, and honorary LL.D.s from the University of Southern California, the University of New Mexico, Occidental College, and the University of Wyoming. She was a member of several organizations and received several awards.

Shirley M. Hufstedler was a highly accomplished judge and legal scholar who was appointed to the US Court of Appeals in 1968.