Background
Esterline, Blackburn was born on August 5, 1877 in Clark County, Ohio, United States. Son of Adam and Mary Lavina (Winget) Esterline.
Esterline, Blackburn was born on August 5, 1877 in Clark County, Ohio, United States. Son of Adam and Mary Lavina (Winget) Esterline.
Education high school private school, Springfield, O. Bachelor of Laws, National Law School, Washington, District of Columbia, 1902. Special courses in international and constitutional law, Columbian (now George Washington University, 1902-1904.
Unmarried.
Admitted to District of Columbia Bar, 1902, Illinois bar, 1904. Practiced in office of Frederick South. Winston and John Barton Payne, Chicago. Appointed special assistant to attorney general of the United States, 1911, and assigned to enforcement of acts to regulate commerce.
Appointed assistant solicitor general of the United States, October 1921.
In handling 172 Government equity cases in three-judge Federal courts, has personally appeared and argued before 149 circuit and district judges throughout United States. Appeared in 119 cases before Supreme Court of the United States Chief counsel for United States Government in suit brought, 1922, at Chicago versus 400,000 striking railroad shopmen and their officers who were enjoined by Judge Wilkerson from conspiring to hinder and obstruct commerce and carriage of mails.