Robert Howard Schnacke (October 8, 1913 – June 5, 1994) was a

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of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.

Education and career

He was born in

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, California and graduated from Lowell High School in 1930. He received a

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from the

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in 1938. He was in private practice in San Francisco from 1938 to 1942. He was in the

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as a special agent of the

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from 1942 to 1946, and entered as a private."Robert H Schnacke in the U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946", available at

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. Rank is listed as private. He was in private practice in San Francisco in 1946. He was deputy commissioner of the Division of Corporations for the State of California from 1947 to 1951. He was in private practice in San Francisco from 1951 to 1953. He was an

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and chief of criminal division of the Northern District of California from 1953 to 1958. He was the

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for the Northern District of California from 1958 to 1959. He was in private practice in San Francisco from 1959 to 1968. He was a judge of the Superior Court of California from 1968 to 1970.

Federal judicial service

Schnacke was nominated by President

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on September 10, 1970, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California vacated by Judge

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. He was confirmed by the

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on October 13, 1970, and received his commission on October 15, 1970. He assumed

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on December 31, 1983. Schnacke served in that capacity until his death on June 5, 1994.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schnacke, Robert Howard 1913 births 1994 deaths Judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California United States district court judges appointed by Richard Nixon 20th-century American judges University of California College of the Law, San Francisco alumni United States Army soldiers United States Attorneys for the Northern District of California Assistant United States Attorneys Lowell High School (San Francisco) alumni