| LC control no. | no2009000082 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Taylor, Anna Diggs, 1932-2017 |
| Variant(s) | Johnston, Anna Katherine, 1932-2017 Taylor, Anna Diggs, 1932- |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Wayne County (Mich.) Detroit (Mich.) |
| Birth date | 1932-12-09 |
| Death date | 2017-11-04 |
| Place of birth | Washington (D.C.) |
| Place of death | Grosse Pointe Woods (Mich.) |
| Field of activity | Law |
| Affiliation | United States. Department of Labor. Office of the Solicitor Wayne County (Mich.) United States. Attorney (Michigan : Eastern District) Wayne State University School of Labor and Industrial Relations United States. District Court (Michigan : Eastern District) Detroit (Mich.) Wayne State University. Law School |
| Profession or occupation | Lawyers Law teachers Judges |
| Found in | ACLU v. NSA federal court decision, 2006: title page (Anna Diggs Taylor) American Bench, 2000/2001: page 1354 (Taylor, Anna Diggs, Senior Judge, US Dist. Ct., Eastern District Mich.; born Dec. 9, 1932) Biographical directory of federal judges, viewed July 6, 2020 (Taylor, Anna Katherine Johnston Diggs; born December 9, 1932 in Washington, DC; died November 4, 2017 in Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan; judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan; confirmed on October 31, 1979; chief judge, 1996-1998; assumed senior status on December 31, 1998; service terminated on November 4, 2017 due to death; B.A., Barnard College, 1954; LL.B., Yale Law School, 1957; attorney, Office of the Solicitor, U.S. Department of Labor, 1957-1960; assistant prosecutor, Wayne County, Michigan, 1961-1962; assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Michigan, 1966; legislative assistant and Detroit office manager, U.S. Rep. Charles C. Diggs, Jr., of Michigan, 1967-1970; private practice, Detroit, Michigan, 1970-1975; adjunct professor, Wayne State University School of Labor and Industrial Relations, 1972-1975; supervising assistant corporation counsel, Detroit, Michigan, 1975-1979; adjunct professor, Wayne State University Law School, 1976-1977) <https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/taylor-anna-katherine-johnston-diggs> United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan website,viewed July 6, 2020: Judge Anna Diggs Taylor page (Judge Taylor was born Anna Katherine Johnston in 1932 in Washington, D.C.; first black female federal district judge in the U.S. 6th Circuit) <https://www.mied.uscourts.gov/PDFFIles/ADT.pdf> |
| Associated language | eng |
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