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Samuel Hugh Dillin

Samuel Hugh Dillin

Indiana Southern District Court

Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Born 1914 in Petersburg, IN

Died 2006 in Cambridge, MA

FJC ID: 620

Samuel Hugh Dillin (June 9, 1914 – March 13, 2006), often referred to as S. Hugh Dillin, was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.

Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
  2. Judicial Conference of the United States
    Member · 1979–1982
  3. Private practice, Petersburg, Indiana
    1938–1942, 1946–1961
  4. Indiana
    State senator · 1959, 1961
  5. Indiana
    State representative · 1937, 1939, 1941, 1951
  6. U.S. Army captain
    1943–1946
  7. Public Service Commission of Indiana
    Secretary · 1942–1943

Appointments

  1. Indiana Southern District Court
    1961–2006 · Appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. Indiana University School of Law -- Bloomington (now Maurer School of Law)
    LL.B. · 1938
  2. Indiana University
    A.B. · 1936