Preceded by Court created Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson | Succeeded by Court abolished Name Frederick Jr. | |
Appointed by Assigned to court by operation of law Succeeded by Thomas J. Aquilino, Jr. Preceded by Charles Drummond Lawrence | ||
Frederick Landis Jr. (January 17, 1912 – March 1, 1990) was a Judge for the United States Court of International Trade.
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Education
Landis was born on January 17, 1912, Logansport, Indiana. He received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1932 from Indiana University. He received a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1934 from the Indiana University School of Law.
Career
Landis worked in private practice from 1935 to 1955 in Logansport, Indiana. He served as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for the Twenty-ninth Judicial District of Indiana from 1935 to 1936 and Prosecuting Attorney for that district from 1938 to 1940. He served in the United States Naval Reserve as a Lieutenant from 1942 to 1946. He was a member of the Indiana House of Representatives from 1950 to 1952 and the Indiana State Senate from 1952 to 1955. He served as a Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court from 1955 to 1965.
Federal judicial service
On October 6, 1965, President Johnson nominated Landis to serve as a Judge of the United States Customs Court, to the seat vacated by Judge Charles Drummond Lawrence. He was confirmed by the Senate on October 15, 1965 and received his commission the following day. On November 1, 1980, he was transferred by operation of law to the newly created United States Court of International Trade. He took senior status on December 31, 1983 and served in that status until his death. He was succeeded by Thomas J. Aquilino Jr.
Death
Landis died on March 1, 1990, in Carmel, Indiana.