Career
President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Murrah to the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, Northern District of Oklahoma, and Eastern District of Oklahoma, on February 8, 1937. Confirmed by the Senate on February 25, 1937, he received commission on March 3, 1937, becoming at the age of 32 one of the youngest federal judges in history.
On August 5, 1940, Roosevelt nominated Murrah to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, to the seat vacated by Robert E. Lewis. Confirmed by the Senate on August 29, 1940, he received his commission on September 4, 1940. Murrah served on the court until his retirement in 1970 and was chief judge from 1959 to 1970. From 1969 to 1974, he directed the Federal Judicial Center in Washington, D.C.
Chief Justice of the United States Warren Burger referred to Murrah as "one of the foremost figures in the American judiciary." He is noted for having pioneered the practices of pretrial conferences and of litigation panels with judges from multiple judicial districts.
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