J. Blaine Anderson

Born in Trenton, Utah, Anderson was raised in Pocatello, Idaho. He attended Idaho State College in Pocatello and completed his bachelor's degree at the University of Washington in Seattle. Anderson then attended the University of Idaho in Moscow and received a Juris Doctor from its College of Law in 1949. He was admitted to the bar and was in private practice from 1949 to 1971 in Blackfoot, Idaho.[1][2]

Anderson was nominated by President Richard Nixon on December 1, 1971, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Idaho vacated by Judge Fredrick Monroe Taylor. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 4, 1971, and received his commission on December 9, 1971. His service was terminated on July 23, 1976, due to elevation to the Ninth Circuit.[2]

Anderson was nominated by President Gerald Ford on June 18, 1976, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacated by Judge Montgomery Oliver Koelsch. He was confirmed by the Senate on July 2, 1976, and received his commission the same day.[2] His service was terminated on April 16, 1988, due to his death of a brain aneurysm, in Boise, Idaho.[3] He and his wife Grace are buried at Morris Hill Cemetery in Boise.

• J. Blaine Anderson at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
• J. Blaine Anderson at Find a Grave