Mastin G. White, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1901
Place of Birth: Van Zandt County, Texas, United States
Date of Death: 25-Jul-1987
Profession: judge
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Mastin G. White
- Mastin Gentry White (January 1, 1901 – July 25, 1987) was a judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims from 1982 to 1987. Born in Van Zandt County, Texas, White received a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Texas School of Law in 1927, an A.B.
- from New Mexico State Teachers' College (now Western New Mexico University) in 1929, a Master of Laws from Columbia Law School in 1930, and a Doctor of Juridical Science from Harvard Law School in 1933.
- He was an assistant county attorney for Smith County, Texas, from 1927 to 1930.
- He entered academia as an associate professor at the University of Texas School of Law, from 1930 to 1932, and then as a Brandeis research fellow at Harvard Law School from 1932 to 1933.White then went into government service, first as a special assistant to the Attorney General of the United States in the U.S.
- Department of Justice, from 1933 to 1935, and then as a Solicitor in the U.S.
- Department of Agriculture, from 1935 to 1942.
- During World War II, he served as a colonel in the United States Army, from 1942 to 1946.
- After the war, he was a Solicitor for the U.S.
- Department of the Interior from 1946 to 1953, and chaired Department of Interior Loyalty Board hearings against federal employees alleged to be disloyal to the US Government.
- He was briefly in private practice in Washington, D.C., from 1953 to 1955.In 1955, White became a trial judge of the United States Court of Claims.
- He was in active service as a judge of that court until 1971, when he became a senior trial judge.
- On October 1, 1982, White was appointed by operation of law as senior judge holding a new seat on the United States Court of Federal Claims, authorized by 96 Stat.
- 27.
- However, because the statute made no specific provision for such an appointment, on November 10, 1982, he received a recess appointment from President Ronald Reagan as a judge in regular active service in the same seat.
- He served in this capacity for nine days before once again assuming senior status on November 19, 1982, serving in this capacity until his death, in Washington, D.C.
- White was one of several judges originally assigned to the U.S.
- Court of Federal Claims for whom no successor was appointed.
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