| 词条 | Luther L. Bohanon |
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| honorific-prefix = | name = Luther L. Bohanon | honorific-suffix = | image = Luther Lee Bohanon.jpg | alt = | caption = | office = Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma | term_start = August 2, 1974 | term_end = July 18, 2003 | office1 = Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma | term_start1 = 1969 | term_end1 = 1972 | predecessor1 = Stephen Sanders Chandler Jr. | successor1 = Frederick Alvin Daugherty | office2 = Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma | term_start2 = August 30, 1961 | term_end2 = August 2, 1974 | nominator2 = | appointer2 = John F. Kennedy | predecessor2 = William Robert Wallace | successor2 = H. Dale Cook | pronunciation = | birth_name = Luther Lee Bohanon | birth_date = {{Birth date|1902|08|09}} | birth_place = Fort Smith, Arkansas | death_date = {{Death date and age|2003|07|18|1902|08|09}} | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = Fairlawn Cemetery Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | resting_place_coordinates = | citizenship = | nationality = | party = Democratic | otherparty = | height = | spouse = | partner = | relations = | children = | parents = | mother = | father = | relatives = | residence = | education = University of Oklahoma College of Law {{midsize|(LL.B.)}} | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | known_for = | salary = | net_worth = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = }} Luther Lee Bohanon (August 9, 1902 – July 18, 2003) was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma and the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma. Education and careerBohanon was born on August 9, 1902, in Fort Smith, Arkansas, to William and Artelia Hickman Bohanon. His family moved to Stigler, Oklahoma, four years later. Another move took the family of 14 children to Kinta, Oklahoma where he completed his elementary education. He completed his high school education at Muskogee, Oklahoma.[1] Bohanon received a Bachelor of Laws in 1927 from the University of Oklahoma College of Law. He was an assistant county attorney for Seminole County, Oklahoma in Seminole, Oklahoma from 1927 to 1928. He entered private practice in Seminole and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from 1928 to 1936, then solely in Oklahoma City from 1936 to 1961. Bohanon was partnered with Alfred P. Murrah during his entire law service at the law firm of Murrah & Bohanon, with their two most notable clients being Armand Hammer and Howard Hughes.[1] Bohanon was the bankruptcy trustee for Selected Investments, where his work uncovered evidence of corruption at the Oklahoma Supreme Court. He also represented the Otoe-Missouria tribe in a case that allowed them to sue for the fair value of their aboriginal lands.[2] {{efn|This ruling set a precedent for other uncompensated Native American tribes to do the same.}} He served in the United States Army Air Corps as a Major in the JAG Corps from 1942 to 1945.[3] Federal judicial serviceAfter a recommendation by future Oklahoma United States Senator Robert S. Kerr, Bohanon was nominated by President John F. Kennedy on August 18, 1961, to a joint seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma and the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma vacated by Judge William Robert Wallace. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 30, 1961, and received his commission on August 30, 1961. He served as Chief Judge of the Western District from 1969 to 1972. He assumed senior status on August 2, 1974. His service terminated on July 18, 2003, due to his death.[3] Notable casesBohanon presided over two important civil rights cases: Battle v. Oklahoma which resulted in the State being ordered to implement procedures for the humane treatment of prison inmates; and Dowell v. Oklahoma City Board of Education, requiring the racial desegregation of the Oklahoma City schools.[2] PersonalBohanon was active in Democratic Party affairs on the local, state and national levels. He was a member of the Democratic Party's National Convention platform committee in 1940. He was a Mason and a Shriner and a member of the United Methodist Church of Nichols Hills, Oklahoma.[1] He married Marie Swatek in July 1933.{{efn|Marie's father had come to Oklahoma in 1899 and acquired a homestead in Oklahoma County during the Land Rush of 1889.}}[2] They had four children. One son, Richard L. Bohanon, became a United States bankruptcy judge in Oklahoma City.[1] The other children died either in infancy or very early childhood.{{efn|See Find a Grave|8124486|Luther Lee Bohanon}} Both Bohanon's were buried in Fairlawn Cemetery in Oklahoma City. Notes{{notelist}}References1. ^1 2 3 Stephens, Jerry E. "Bohanon, Luther Lee (1902-2003)." Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Accessed August 29, 2018. 2. ^1 2 [https://legacy.newsok.com/obituaries/oklahoman/obituary.aspx?n=luther-lee-bohanon&pid=1173981 "Luther Lee Bohanon."] The Oklahoman. July 20–22, 2003. 3. ^1 {{FJC Bio|204|nid=1377986|name=Luther Lee Bohanon}} Other sources
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