Cable A. Wirtz

Cable A. Wirtz (May 9, 1910 – December, 1980) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Hawaii from October 5, 1959 to May 8, 1967.

Early life, education, and career Born in Honolulu to Ambrose J. and Mary Emma Meyer Wirtz, he "was named Cable because his father... had been involved in the laying of the trans-Pacific cable". Wirtz was the youngest circuit judge to take the bench in Hawaii when he was appointed in 1944, He retired from the court in 1967, and returned to private practice, until 1978, when poor health forced him to curtail his activities.

Personal life and death On June 17, 1937, Wirtz married Margaret Virginia Hughes, with whom he had a son and a daughter.

Wirtz died in Wailuku, Hawaii, at the age of 70, following a lengthy illness.