David L. Barnes
David Leonard Barnes (January 28, 1760 – November 3, 1812) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island and the winning party and the winning attorney in the first United States Supreme Court decision, West v. Barnes (1791).
David L. Barnes | |
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A miniature portrait of Barnes (c. 1789) | |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island | |
| In office April 30, 1801 – November 3, 1812 | |
| Appointed by | Thomas Jefferson |
| Preceded by | Benjamin Bourne |
| Succeeded by | David Howell |
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| Born | David Leonard Barnes January 28, 1760 Scituate, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America |
| Died | November 3, 1812 (aged 52) Providence, Rhode Island, US |
| Education | Harvard University read law |
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