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American judge (1891–1970) For other people named David Pine, see David Pine (disambiguation).
David Andrew Pine
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
In office
April 2, 1965 – June 11, 1970
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
In office
1959–1961
Preceded byF. Dickinson Letts
Succeeded byMatthew Francis McGuire
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
In office
March 29, 1940 – April 2, 1965
Appointed byFranklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded byJoseph Winston Cox
Succeeded byWilliam B. Bryant
United States Attorney for the District of Columbia
In office
1938–1940
PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded byLeslie C. Garnett
Succeeded byEdward Matthew Curran
Personal details
BornDavid Andrew Pine
(1891-09-22)September 22, 1891
Washington, D.C., U.S.
DiedJune 11, 1970(1970-06-11) (aged 78)
EducationGeorgetown Law (LL.B.)

David Andrew Pine (September 22, 1891 – June 11, 1970) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

Education and career

Born on September 22, 1891, in Washington, D.C., Pine received a Bachelor of Laws in 1913 from Georgetown Law. He served in the United States Department of Justice from 1914 to 1917, serving as a confidential clerk to Attorney General James Clark McReynolds from 1914 to 1916 and as a law clerk and assistant attorney from 1916 to 1917. He served in the United States Army from 1917 to 1919. He returned to the United States Department of Justice from 1919 to 1921, serving as an assistant attorney in 1919 and as special assistant to the Attorney General in western states from 1919 to 1921. He was in private practice in Washington, D.C. from 1921 to 1934. He was the Chief Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia from 1934 to 1937. He was the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia from 1938 to 1940.

Federal judicial service

Pine was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on March 15, 1940, to an Associate Justice seat on the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia (Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia from June 25, 1948) vacated by Associate Justice Joseph Winston Cox. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 20, 1940, and received his commission on March 29, 1940. He served as Chief Judge and as a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 1959 to 1961. He assumed senior status on April 2, 1965. His service terminated on June 11, 1970, due to his death.

Notable case

Among the cases which Pine presided over was a 1952 matter which eventually came before the United States Supreme Court as Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer. In that case, Pine issued an injunction barring the government from continuing to hold steel plants that it had seized on the order of Harry S. Truman. Truman sought to avert a strike by steel workers which Truman asserted would harm the efforts of the United States in the Korean War. Pine found this to exceed the power of the President, and the Supreme Court ultimately agreed with him, upholding the injunction.

References

  1. ^ David Andrew Pine at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

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Legal offices
Preceded byJoseph Winston Cox Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
1940–1965 		Succeeded byWilliam B. Bryant
Preceded byF. Dickinson Letts Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
1959–1961 		Succeeded byMatthew Francis McGuire
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