William P. Murphy (judge)

William P. Murphy (July 6, 1898 – April 22, 1986) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 1955 to 1972.

William Murphy
Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
In office
1955–1972
Appointed byOrville Freeman
Personal details
BornJuly 6, 1898
St. Cloud, Minnesota, U.S.
DiedApril 22, 1986 (aged 87)
Hastings, Minnesota, U.S.
EducationSt. Paul College of Law (LLB)

Early life and education

edit

Born in St. Cloud, Minnesota, Murphy graduated from Cathedral High School in St. Cloud, Minnesota. He then received his law degree from the St. Paul College of Law, a predecessor to the William Mitchell College of Law in Saint Paul, Minnesota.[1]

Career

edit

Murphy practiced law in St. Cloud and Saint Paul, Minnesota. He then worked in the legal department of the Capitol Trust & Savings Bank in St. Paul between 1922 and 1924, and was in private practice in St. Cloud from then until 1939. In 1939, he became an assistant U.S. attorney, and from 1952 he served as regional director of the Office of Price Stabilization.[1]

Murphy left government service in 1953 to practice with a St. Paul law firm. In 1955, Governor Orville Freeman appointed him to the Minnesota Supreme Court. Murphy left the court in 1972, and in 1975, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission appointed Murphy a special agent.[citation needed]

Personal life

edit

Murphy died in Hastings, Minnesota.[2]

See also

edit

Lefkowitz v. Great Minneapolis Surplus Store, Inc

References

edit
  1. ^ a b Murphy, William P. Archived 2012-02-06 at the Wayback Machine, Biographies of Justices and Judges of the Minnesota Appellate Courts, Minnesota State Law Library, 2009.
  2. ^ EHN, Reference Desk. "Library Research Guides: William P. Murphy, Associate Justice 1955-1972: Obituaries". mncourts.libguides.com. Retrieved 2022-07-13.