Julius Jennings Hoffman was an American attorney and jurist who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
11 Facts About Julius Hoffman
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Julius Hoffman attended the Lewis Institute and then received a Bachelor of Philosophy degree from Northwestern University at the age of sixteen in 1912.
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Julius Hoffman received a Bachelor of Laws from Northwestern University School of Law in 1915.
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Julius Hoffman was general counsel for the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company from 1936 to 1944.
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Julius Hoffman was a Judge of the Superior Court of Cook County, Illinois from 1947 to 1953.
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Julius Hoffman was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 13,1953, and received commission the next day.
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Julius Hoffman served until his death on July 1,1983 in Chicago.
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Finally, Julius Hoffman removed Seale from the trial, leaving the case with only seven defendants, at which point the trial became known as the "Chicago Seven" trial.
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All seven were found by a jury to be not guilty of conspiracy, but five of the defendants were found guilty of inciting a riot, and Julius Hoffman sentenced each of the five to the maximum penalty: five years in prison and a fine of $5,000, plus court costs.
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Goulden conducted an in-depth investigation of Julius Hoffman and pointed out that he had an abrasive reputation among Chicago lawyers even before his most famous case.
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In 1982, the Executive Committee of the United States District Court ordered that Julius Hoffman not be assigned any new cases because of his age and complaints that he was acting erratically and abusively from the bench.