Robert C. Belloni

Robert Clinton Belloni (April 4, 1919 – November 3, 1999) was a judge with the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. He served as Chief Judge from 1971 to 1976. He was instrumental in upholding Native American fishing rights in the Pacific Northwest.

Career

Belloni was from Myrtle Point, Oregon. Some sources state that he was born in Riverton, Oregon.^[1] He received a B.A. from the University of Oregon in 1941 and a J.D. from the UO Law School in 1951. He was a lieutenant in the United States Army from 1942 to 1946. He practiced law in Myrtle Point and served as a judge on the Oregon Circuit Court, in Coos and Curry Counties, and in Coquille between 1957 to 1967.

Belloni was appointed to the district court by President Lyndon B. Johnson on February 21, 1967, to a seat vacated by William G. East. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 4, 1967, and received his commission on the same day. He served as chief judge, 1971-1976, and assumed senior status on April 4, 1984. Belloni retired in 1995. He died of congestive heart failure in a retirement home in San Mateo, California on November 3, 1999.^[2]

See also

• Sohappy v. Smith ^[3]

References

1. ↑ The Political Graveyard
2. ↑ New York Times obituary
3. ↑ Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission - US v Oregon

External links

• Robert C. Belloni at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
• U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon (Official website)
• The Oregon History Project