Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In office June 16, 1891 – September 7, 1891
Appointed by
operation of law
Preceded by
Seat established by 26 Stat. 826
Succeeded by
Joseph McKenna
Judge of the United States Circuit Courts for the Ninth Circuit
In office January 10, 1870 – September 7, 1891
Appointed by
Ulysses S. Grant
Preceded by
Seat established by 16 Stat. 44
Succeeded by
Joseph McKenna
9th Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court
In office 1868–1870
Preceded by
John Currey
Succeeded by
Augustus Rhodes
Personal details
Born
Lorenzo Sawyer
(1820-05-23)May 23, 1820 Le Roy, New York, U.S.
Died
September 7, 1891(1891-09-07) (aged 71) San Francisco, California, U.S.
Education
Case Western Reserve University Ohio Central College read law
Lorenzo Sawyer (May 23, 1820 – September 7, 1891) was an American lawyer and judge who was appointed to the Supreme Court of California in 1860 and served as the ninth Chief Justice of California from 1868 to 1870. He served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Circuit Courts for the Ninth Circuit and of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He is best known for handing down the verdict in the case of Woodruff v. North Bloomfield Gravel Mining Company; his verdict is frequently referred to as the "Sawyer Decision."
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way to the United States District Court in San Francisco where Judge LorenzoSawyer decided in favor of the farmers and limited hydraulic mining on January...
justice Augustus Rhodes and was therefore succeeded as Chief Justice by LorenzoSawyer). Having served four years on the court, including two as chief justice...
jurisdiction over the relatively small number of American citizens in China. Sawyer was appointed as a circuit judge for the Ninth Circuit in 1869 by Ulysses...
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were the chief sources of gold for the next 20 years. In 1884, Judge LorenzoSawyer issued a decree prohibiting the dumping of hydraulic mining debris into...
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the case was at trial. On 1884-01-07, Judge LorenzoSawyer handed down what became known as the Sawyer Decision, among the first environmental decisions...
Judge LorenzoSawyer presided over this case. He noted that this case constituted the first naturalization application by a person from China. Sawyer turned...
1876) May 12 – Florence Nightingale, English nurse (d. 1910) May 23 – LorenzoSawyer, 9th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California (d. 1891) May...
Judge LorenzoSawyer, and District Court Judge George Myron Sabin. The court took the matter under advisement. After the court hearing, Judge Sawyer encountered...
José María Urvina, 5th President of Ecuador (b. 1808) September 7 – LorenzoSawyer, 9th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California (b. 1820) September...
1815) 1881 – Sidney Lanier, American poet and academic (b. 1842) 1891 – LorenzoSawyer, American lawyer and judge (b. 1820) 1892 – John Greenleaf Whittier...
and short story writer, sister to Phoebe Cary (died 1871) May 23 – LorenzoSawyer, 9th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California (died 1891) May...
Court ruling, a critical moment came on December 15, 1879, when Judge LorenzoSawyer of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in Orton, 32 F. 457 (C.C...
the constitutional provision, on October 21, 1863, Oscar L. Shafter, LorenzoSawyer, Silas W. Sanderson, John Curry and A. L. Rhodes were elected Supreme...
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Judge LorenzoSawyer, and District Court Judge George Myron Sabin. The Court took the matter under advisement. After the court hearing, Judge Sawyer encountered...
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