Honorable John W. Delehant
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Authors
Welch, Harry L.
Issue Date
1972
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5
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INTRODUCTION|Back in 1914, when Nebraska was still something of a frontier state, two young men fresh out of Creighton Law School made a bold decision to enter the race for County Attorney of Gage County. One of the young men was the candidate, and the other managed the campaign. The candidate won the election, and went on to become a justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court. His name was Fred W. Messmore. The campaign manager was John W. Delehant. Judge Delehant, retired Senior United States District Judge, died on April 20th, 1972. He was 81 years old. In the half century since that first campaign in Gage County, Judge Delehant saw Nebraska grow up, and saw the world change in ways that even the boldest Creighton Law School graduate, class of '14, would not have dared to predict. Judge Delehant did more than witness those changes; many of them he made himself, through his legal opinions and political and civic activities...
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5 Creighton L. Rev. 217 (1971-1972)
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Creighton University School of Law