Draft:Irving A. Levine

Irving A. Levine (1924 – October 2, 1978)[1][2] was a justice of the Maryland Court of Appeals from 1972 to 1978.[3]

Levine received an LL.B. from the George Washington University, and served in the U.S. Army Corps during World War II, from 1943 to 1945.[2]

On October 2, 1978, Irving A. Levine, Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals of Maryland, was suddenly stricken and died. He had served as a member of the Court of Appeals since 1972, and before that as a Judge of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County.[1]

"In Sard v. Hardy,[4] Judge Levine wrote an opinion that brought the doctrine of informed consent to the State of Maryland".[1]

He was admitted to practice in the District of Columbia in 1950 and Maryland in 1955. Judge Levine's judicial career began as Judge for the Maryland Tax Court (1965-1967) and continued with his service as Judge in the Maryland Circuit Court Sixth Judicial Circuit (1967-1972). Governor Marvin Mandel appointed Levine to the Maryland Court of Appeals in 1972, where he sat until his death in 1978.[2]

Mandel named Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Irving A. Levine to fill a vacancy created by the death of Judge Thomas B. Finan. ... Levine had been a member of the Circuit Court bench since his appointment in 1967 by Gov. J. Millard Tawes. He was elected to a 15-year term the following year. Before that, Levine was a member of the Maryland tax court for two years.[5]

Levine was succeeded on the court by the appointment of Rita C. Davidson, the first woman to serve on the court of appeals.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c Davidson, Rita C. (1978). "A Tribute to Judge Irving A. Levine". Maryland Law Review. 38 Md. L. Rev. 137 (2): 137.
  2. ^ a b c Barnett, Randy E.; Oman, Nathan B. (January 31, 2021). Contracts: Cases and Doctrine. Aspen Publishing. p. 881. ISBN 978-1-5438-2628-9.
  3. ^ "Maryland Court of Appeals Judges, 1778–". Archives of Maryland. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
  4. ^ 281 Md. 432, 379 A.2d 1014 (1977).
  5. ^ "Governor Appoints Judges", The Hanover Evening Sun (September 22, 1972), p. 39.
  6. ^ "Lee selects woman for top court", The Baltimore Sun (December 20, 1978), p. 1.


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Preceded by Judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals
1972–1978 		Succeeded by


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