Robert C. Belloni

Infobox Judge
name = Robert C. Belloni


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office = Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Oregon
termstart = 1967
termend = 1995
nominator = Lyndon B. Johnson
appointer =
predecessor =
successor =
office2 = Chief Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Oregon
termstart2 = 1971
termend2 = 1976
nominator2 =
appointer2 =
predecessor2 = Gus J. Solomon
successor2 = Otto R. Skopil, Jr.
birthdate = April 4, 1919
birthplace = Coos County, Oregon
deathdate = November 3, 1999
deathplace = San Mateo, California
spouse = Faye Dement Belloni (d. 1994)

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.

Belloni was from Myrtle Point, Oregon. He graduated from the University of Oregon in 1941 and was an officer in the U.S. Army during World War II. In 1951, he received his law degree from the University of Oregon. He practiced law and served on the Oregon state trial court between 1957 to 1967.

Belloni was appointed to the district court by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1967. Belloni took senior judgeship in 1984, and retired in 1995. He died of congestive heart failure in a retirement home in San Mateo, California on November 3, 1999.

References

* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bellacosa-bendl.html The Political Graveyard]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950CEFDE123DF936A25752C1A96F958260&sec=&spon= New York Times obituary]

External links

* [http://www.ord.uscourts.gov/ U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon (Official website)]