Background
Landis, Frederick was born on January 17, 1912 in Logansport, Indiana, United States. Son of Frederick and Bessie (Baker) Landis.
Landis, Frederick was born on January 17, 1912 in Logansport, Indiana, United States. Son of Frederick and Bessie (Baker) Landis.
Landis was born on January 17, 1912, Logansport, Indiana. He received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1932 from. He received a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1934 from the Indiana University School of Law.
Education Landis worked in private practice from 1935 to 1955 in Logansport, Indiana. He served as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for the Twenty-ninth Judicial District of Indiana from 1935 to 1936 and Prosecuting Attorney for that district from 1938 to 1940. He served in the United States Naval Reserve as a Lieutenant from 1942 to 1946.
He served as a Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court from 1955 to 1965.
On October 6, 1965, President Johnson nominated Landis to serve as a Judge of the United States Customs Court, to the seat vacated by Judge Charles Drummond Lawrence. He was confirmed by the Senate on October 15, 1965 and received his commission the following day.
On November 1, 1980, he was transferred by operation of law to the newly created United States Court of International Trade. He took senior status on December 31, 1983 and served in that status until his death.
He was succeeded by Thomas J. Aquilino, Junior.
Landis died on March 1, 1990, in Carmel, Indiana.
Served from enlisted man to lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946. Member Indiana Bar Association, Cass County Bar Association (president 1948-1951), American Bar Association, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Phi Delta Phi, Delta Tau Delta. Clubs: Elks; Columbia (Indianapolis), Press (Indianapolis).
Married E. Joyce Stevenson, July 4, 1945 (deceased 1986). Children: Diana, Frederick, Susan, Gillian, Kenesaw Mountain. Married Irene Rhodes, July 13, 1987.