Joseph J. McFadden

Joseph James McFadden (May 3, 1916 – November 28, 1991) was an American jurist who served as Chief Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court, and served on the court from 1959 to 1982.

Born in Boise, Idaho, McFadden went to high school in Hailey, did pre-law studies in Pocatello, and attended the University of Idaho College of Law in Moscow for two years.

McFadden then became a court reporter for judge Doran Sutphen of the Idaho 4th Judicial District, in Gooding, under whom McFadden continued his legal studies, gaining admission to the bar in Idaho in 1940. leaving for two years to serve in the military during World War II, from 1944 to 1946. 1966, 1972, and 1978, then resigned from the court on August 31, 1982, continuing to hear cases by designation until his death.

He died in a hospital in Boise.