Josiah Alexander Van Orsdel

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This judge is no longer on the bench. The docket dataset covers recent federal filings, so no cases are linked.

• District Court, District of Columbia · 1907-12-12 to 1937-08-07 · William Howard Taft

• courtlistener-people-bulk · 2026-10-07

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