Draft:Wesley Castles

Wesley Castles (September 26, 1918 – April 6, 1990)[1] was an American lawyer who served as a justice of the Montana Supreme Court from 1957 to 1977.

Born in Superior, Montana. He graduated with a degree in forestry from the University of Montana in 1939 and worked for the Border Patrol until World War II when he served in the United States Army Air Corps.[1]

Associate Justice, Montana Supreme Court, 1957-1976. Castles received a JD from the University of Montana in 1949 and went into private practice in Missoula, Montana. He later served as County Attorney for Missoula County. He ran unsuccessfully for State Attorney General. Justice Castles served as Executive Secretary and Legal Counsel to Governor J. Hugo Aronson and as Director of the State Unemployment Compensation Commission from 1953-1955. Castles was appointed to the Montana Supreme Court in 1957 by Governor Aronson to replace Justice Forrest H. Anderson who resigned upon his election as State Attorney General. While on the bench, he headed the Criminal Law Commission, which rewrote the entire field of criminal law in Montana. He retired from public service after his 1976 defeat for the office of chief justice.[1]

Castles married Ruth Blake in 1939 and they had three daughters.[1]

He died in a fiery crash at the age of 71.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Biographies and Histories of Montana's Justices, Judges, and Courts, 1865-2020" (PDF). State Law Library of Montana. 2020. p. 22. This work in is in the public domain, reproduction and non-commercial distribution of this work are permitted with attribution.



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