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Obituaries

Jun. 22, 2012

Robert J. Kelleher

1913-2012


By Ciaran McEvoy


Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - The nation's oldest-serving federal judge, U.S. District Judge Robert J. Kelleher of the Central District, died Wednesday at the age of 99.


President Richard M. Nixon nominated Kelleher to the federal bench in 1970. The judge assumed senior status 13 years later.


In a statement, Chief U.S. District Judge Audrey B. Collins said the Central District court had "lost a gr...

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