Patrick J. McNulty (1922–1997) was a judge of the

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for the District of Minnesota from 1968-1975 and a

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of the

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from 1978 until his death in 1997. McNulty received his B.S.L. (1947) and J.D. (1948) (

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) from the

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. He was admitted to the Minnesota Bar in 1949. McNulty clerked for Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Frank Gallagher from 1949-1950 before entering practice. Interrupting his undergraduate education, McNulty had served as a fighter pilot with the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II and until shortly thereafter (1943-1946). Patrick J. McNulty and his wife from 1952 Gladys Bird LaFave were of the Roman Catholic faith. After retiring as a magistrate, he continued to work as a

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in the District of Minnesota, but his behavior became erratic, including an arrest for shoplifting cigarettes and accusations of other shoplifting incidents.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:McNulty, Patrick J. 1922 births 1997 deaths Judges of the United States bankruptcy courts University of Minnesota Law School alumni 20th-century American judges

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