Ernest Tolin

Ernest Allen Tolin (1904-1961) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.

Tolin received a recess appointment from President Harry Truman on October 30, 1951, to a seat vacated by Paul John McCormick; nominated on March 3, 1952; he was confirmed by the Senate on June 10, 1952, and received his commission on June 11th. He served the Southern District of California until his death on June 11, 1961. Tolin was succeeded in this position by Elisha Crary.

Early life and education

• Southwestern University School of Law, LL.B., 1930

Professional career

• Private practice, Los Angeles, California, 1933-1941
• Special attorney, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Los Angeles, 1942-1943
• Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of California, 1943-1946
• Chief assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of California, 1946-1949
• U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California, 1949-1951

Judicial nominations and appointments

Southern District of California

Tolin received a recess appointment from President Harry Truman on October 30, 1951, to a seat vacated by Paul John McCormick; nominated on March 3, 1952; he was confirmed by the Senate on June 10, 1952, and received his commission on June 11th. He served the Southern District of California until his death on June 11, 1961.^[1] Tolin was succeeded in this position by Elisha Crary.

External links

• Tolin's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the Southern District of California
Active judges	Chief Judge: Dana Sabraw   •  Janis Sammartino  •  Cathy Bencivengo  •  Cynthia A. Bashant  •  Ruth Bermudez Montenegro  •  Andrew Schopler  •  James Simmons (California)  •  Todd Robinson (California)  •  Linda Lopez (California)  •  Jinsook Ohta  •  Robert Huie
Senior judges	Michael Anello  •  Roger Benitez  •  William Hayes  •  Thomas Whelan  •  John Houston (California)  •  Barry Moskowitz  •  Jeffrey Miller  •  James Lorenz  •  Marilyn Huff  •  Anthony J. Battaglia  •  Gonzalo Curiel  •
Magistrate judges	Barbara Major  •  William Gallo  •  Karen Crawford  •  Bernard Skomal  •  Jill L. Burkhardt  •  Mitchell D. Dembin  •  Michael Berg (federal magistrate judge)  •  Allison Goddard  •  Daniel Butcher (California)  •
Former Article III judges	Erskine Mayo Ross  •  James Marshall Carter  •  Ogden Hoffman  •  James McHall Jones  •  Isaac Stockton Keith Ogier  •  Fletcher Mathews Haight  •  Olin Wellborn  •  Benjamin Franklin Bledsoe  •  Oscar Trippet  •  William James  •  Irma Gonzalez (federal judge)  •  Rudi Brewster  •  Gordon Thompson  •  Larry Burns  •  Napoleon Jones  •  Edward Henning  •  Paul John McCormick  •  John Clifford Wallace  •  George Cosgrave  •  Harry Aaron Hollzer  •  Albert Lee Stephens, Sr.  •  Leon Rene Yankwich  •  Ralph Jenney  •  Campbell Beaumont  •  Albert Lee Stephens, Jr.  •  William Byrne, Sr.  •  Charles Carr  •  Thurmond Clarke  •  Elisha Crary  •  Jesse Curtis  •  William Gray (California)  •  Peirson Hall  •  Andrew Hauk  •  Irving Hill  •  Reuben Brooks  •  Leo Papas  •  Francis Whelan  •  Earl Gilliam  •  Lawrence Irving  •  Judith Keep  •  Fred Kunzel  •  William Mathes  •  Leland Nielsen  •  James O'Connor (California)  •  John Rhoades  •  Edward Schwartz  •  Ernest Tolin  •  Jacob Weinberger  •  Harry Westover  •  Howard Turrentine  •  Benjamin Harrison (Federal Judge)  •
Former Chief judges	James Marshall Carter  •  Irma Gonzalez (federal judge)  •  Gordon Thompson  •  Larry Burns  •  Marilyn Huff  •  Paul John McCormick  •  Leon Rene Yankwich  •  William Byrne, Sr.  •  Thurmond Clarke  •  Peirson Hall  •  Judith Keep  •  Fred Kunzel  •  William Mathes  •  Edward Schwartz  •  Howard Turrentine  •  Benjamin Harrison (Federal Judge)  •

v • e Federal judges nominated by Harry Truman
1945	Burton • Clark • Donovan • Gilliam • Gourley • Holtzoff • Koscinski • Madden • Mathes • Mellott • S. Miller • W. Miller • Mollison • O'Connell • Orr • Prettyman • Rice
1946	Curran • Driver • Follmer • Harris • Kalodner • Kampf • Keech • Levin • Lynne • McGranery • Murphy • Rodney • Scarlett • Shelbourne • Speakman • Starr • Vinson • Weinberger
1947	Bryan, Sr. • Christenberry • Clifford • Collet • Dooley • Harper • Howell • Johnson • Jones • Lemmon • Medina • Rayfiel • Ryan • Thomason
1948	Harper • Henderson • Johnson • Kaufman • Proctor • Rao • Stephens • Tamm
1949	Allred • Andrews • Bazelon • Borah • Burns • Carter • Clark • Clary • Conger • Connally • Duffy • Erskine • Fahy • Finnegan • Foley • Ford • Gibson • Grim • Hastie • Hatch • Hill • Hooper • Kaufman • Kirkland • Lindley • Matthews • McCarthy • McGohey • McLaughlin • Minton • Murray • Noonan • Pickett • Platt • Pope • Ritter • Russell • Solomon • Sugarman • Swaim • Switzer • Taylor • Tehan • Thornton • Warlick • Washington • Westover • Wright
1950	Bastian • Byrne, Sr. • Carter • Knous • Marsh • Murphy • Simpson • Staley • Steckler • Strum • Wallace • Weinfeld • Whitehurst • Worley
1951	Dimock • Edelstein • Hartigan • Hartshorne • Leahy • Lindberg • McNamee • Medina • Modarelli • Murphy • Perry • Rives • Sheehy • Sloan • Stewart • Thomas • Tolin • Youngdahl
1952	Cole • Friedman • Williams •