Judges Woodbury, Kern, Murdock Chosen to Preside in Ames Finals

Three distinguished judges will hear the argument in the final round of this year's Ames Competition in, Langdell court room next Thursday night at 8 o'clock. Peter Woodbury, judge in the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, first circuit, will be the chief justice for the case, and John E. Murdock and John W. Kern, both of the United States Tax Court, will preside as associate justices over the mock Commonwealth of Ames.

So few men were in attendance at the Law School during the war period, and the period of the preliminary arguments leading to the final, that this year's final, and the student attorneys will not represent law clubs as in the past.

Two four-man teams will represent the petitioner and respondent, respectively, in the argument, which involves the review of a decision on the taxation of income from trusts. A layman's explanation of the points of law involved will be distributed to the public at the beginning of the case. The event is open to all members of the University and the public at large.

Judge Woodbury, who graduated from the Law School here in 1927, has served in municipal and state courts in New Hampshire and was appointed to his present post in 1941. Graduating from the Law School of the University of Pittsburgh in 1921, Judge Murdock worked as a district attorney in Pennsylvania until 1926, when he began his service with the United States Tax Court.

Also a Law School graduate, Judge Kern practiced and taught Law in Indiana, beginning his duties in the Tax Court in 1927.

Arguing for the petitioner in the final will be John Cancian 3L, George N. Leighton 3L, Herbert Berman 3L, and Daniel Kraemor 3L. Opposing them will be Charles W. Davis 3L, James D. St. Clair 3L, Thomas P. Ford 3L, and Lambert Turner, Jr. 3L.