Clarence Addison Brimmer Jr. (July 11, 1922 – October 23, 2014) was an American judge. He served as a

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of the

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Life and career

Born in

Rawlins, Wyoming Rawlins is a city in Carbon County, Wyoming, Carbon County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 8,221 at the United States Census, 2020, 2020 census. It is the county seat of Carbon County. It was named for Union Army, Union General John Aa ...

, Brimmer was the son of Geraldine Zingsheim and Clarence Addison Brimmer Sr. He attended

Rawlins High School Rawlins High School is a public high school in Rawlins, Wyoming, United States. Rawlins High School is part of Carbon County School District #1. Notable alumni * Clarence Addison Brimmer, Jr. (1922-2014), judge of the United States District Court ...

and the

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, where he had served as a editor for ''

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''. He also attended the

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, where he earned his

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degree. Brimmer served in the

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during

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. He served as a chairperson of the

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from 1967 to 1971. After stepping down as chairperson, Brimmer was nominated by the 27th

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Stanley K. Hathaway Stanley Knapp Hathaway (July 19, 1924 – October 4, 2005) was an American politician who served as the 27th Governor of Wyoming from 1967 to 1975, and would later serve as United States Secretary of the Interior under President Gerald Ford f ...

, to serve as the attorney general for Wyoming. He succeeded James E. Barrett and served until 1974, when he was succeeded by David B. Kennedy. He then was nominated by

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to serve as the

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for the

until 1975. Brimmer served as a judge of the

, succeeding Ewing Thomas Kerr. He was succeeded by Nancy D. Freudenthal in 2006. Brimmer served as the senior judge for the district. Brimmer died in October 2014 at the Boulder Community Hospital in Boulder, Colorado, at the age of 92.

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