JamesF Thaxter 6022

Justice James F. Thaxter was a retired associate justice of the Fifth District Court of Appeal in California. He was born in Fresno and attended Fresno High School, Fresno State, UC Berkeley, and Hastings College of Law. He was interviewed as part of the California Appellate Court Legacy Project, which is creating an oral history of the appellate courts and their justices. He discussed his upbringing, his education, and his marriage to Carol Nixon. He also discussed his time in law school, where he was involved in law review, the Thurston Honor Society, and Order of the Coif. He returned to Fresno after graduating from law school in 1959 and was admitted to the bar that same year.