Samuel Pailthorpe King
Samuel King | |
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Harold Michael Fong | |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii | |
| In office June 28, 1972 – November 30, 1984 | |
| Appointed by | Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | Cyrus Nils Tavares |
| Succeeded by | David Alan Ezra |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Samuel Pailthorpe King April 13, 1916 Hankou, China |
| Died | December 7, 2010 (aged 94) Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Anne van Patten Grilk |
| Children | 3 |
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| Relatives | James A. King |
| Education | Yale University (BS, LLB) |
Samuel Pailthorpe King (April 13, 1916 – December 7, 2010) was an American lawyer and judge. He served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii.
Life
King was born April 13, 1916, in
Personal
King married Anne van Patten Grilk (born 1921) on July 8, 1944, in Boulder, Colorado. They had a son, Samuel Pailthorpe King, Jr., and two daughters, Louise King Lanzilotti and Charlotte "Becky" King Stretch.[4]
Legal career
King started in private law practice in
Federal judicial service
King was nominated by President
Notable cases
From The New York Times, "His favorite and longest-running case involved protecting a small finch-billed bird, the palila, by removing wild goats and sheep from the slopes of a volcano. He ruled in 1979 that the bird had standing to sue in federal court and monitored the bird’s welfare for the rest of his life."[6] In 1973, King presided over the case that convicted suspected organized crime leader Wilford Kalaauala "Nappy" Pulawa and five others for income tax evasion.[7] After taking senior status, he continued to hear cases, including a murder trial depicted in the book And the Sea Will Tell that took place on remote Palmyra Atoll. The trial moved to California because of pre-trial publicity, and included defense lawyers Vincent Bugliosi and Leonard Weinglass.[8] King's other high-profile rulings include one "barring federal authorities from using a telescope to peer into a home without a warrant and upholding a state land-reform law that allowed residential leaseholders to buy land from landlords, including the Bishop Estate."[9]
Essay
In 1997, King joined with other respected
Works
- Broken Trust: Greed, Mismanagement, and Political Manipulation at America's Largest Charitable Trust. ISBN 978-0-8248-3014-4. 336 pages, with Randall W. Roth
- "Making it all pono a work in progress: Broken Trust: 10 years ago today". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. August 9, 2007. Retrieved December 9, 2010.
References
- ^ Hawaiʻi State Archives (2006). "Marriages: Oahu (1911–1929)". Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library. Retrieved December 9, 2010.
- PBS Hawaii. March 4, 2008. Retrieved December 9, 2010.
- ^ Honolulu Star Advertiser. Retrieved December 9, 2010.
- University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries. December 1, 2009. Archived from the original(PDF) on June 10, 2010. Retrieved December 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Samuel Pailthorpe King at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
- ^ "Reputed Mob Boss Is Cited in Hawaii". The New York Times. 25 March 1973. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
- Honolulu Star Advertiser. December 9, 2010. Retrieved December 9, 2010.
- ^ Los Angeles Times Staff and Wire Reports (18 December 2010). "Samuel P. King dies at 94; longtime federal judge in Hawaii". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
- ^ "Honolulu Star-Bulletin Editorial". archives.starbulletin.com. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
- Honolulu Star Advertiser. Retrieved December 10, 2010.
Sources
- Samuel Pailthorpe King at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
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