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Charles DeCourcy

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About Charles DeCourcy

Charles Ambrose DeCourcy (September 23, 1857 – August 22, 1924) was an American associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court from 1911 to 1924. He was appointed by Governor Eugene Foss.

Born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, Decourcy earned a B.A. from Georgetown University in 1878 and a LL.B. from Boston University in 1880. In 1902, he was appointed to the Massachusetts Superior Court by Governor Winthrop M. Crane, and in 1911 was appointed to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, to succeed Arthur Prentice Rugg, who had been elevated to chief justice.

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Also known as
Charles Ambrose DeCourcy

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American judge (1857–1924)

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