About Louis W. Schultz
Lived 1927 – 2008 (aged 80). Louis W. Schultz was a judge.
Louis W. Schultz (March 24, 1927 – February 19, 2008) is a former justice of the Iowa Supreme Court from August 19, 1980, to September 6, 1993, appointed from Johnson County, Iowa.
Born in Deep River, Iowa, to Martin and Esther Schultz, he served in the United States Navy during World War II, as a pharmacist mate 3rd class aboard the and the . He graduated from Deep River High School in 1944, and attended Central College. He received an LL.B. from Drake University in 1949. He worked for Farm Bureau Insurance for a time, and entered the practice of law in Marengo, Iowa in 1956, serving as a county attorney from 1960 to 1968. He was a judge of the 6th Judicial District of Iowa from 1970 to August 19, 1980, when he was appointed to the Supreme Court.
Schultz died in his sleep from heart disease in his home in Williamsburg, Iowa, at the age of 80.
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American justice of Iowa Supreme Court (1927–2008)
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Louis W. Schultz was born on 24 March 1927.
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Louis W. Schultz died on 19 February 2008.
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Louis W. Schultz was a judge.
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