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Miles Lord, judge who played pivotal role in Minnesota history, dies at 97
http://www.startribune.com/miles-lord-judge-who-played-pivotal-role-in-minnesota-history-dies-at-97/405783746/Miles W. Lord, a former federal judge whose withering criticism of corporate abuses and forceful rulings in favor of women, minorities, workers, consumers, antiwar protesters and the environment broadened his reputation well beyond Minnesota, died Saturday.
Lord, 97, died in Eden Prairie, said family members who were with him. He had been in declining health for some time.
Lord served as Minnesota’s attorney general and U.S. Attorney from Minnesota before being nominated as a federal judge by President Lyndon Johnson in 1966.
He presided over a series of landmark federal cases, including the Reserve Mining pollution case in the early to mid-1970s and a consumer lawsuit against A.H. Robins, maker of the Dalkon Shield IUD.
Lord, 97, died in Eden Prairie, said family members who were with him. He had been in declining health for some time.
Lord served as Minnesota’s attorney general and U.S. Attorney from Minnesota before being nominated as a federal judge by President Lyndon Johnson in 1966.
He presided over a series of landmark federal cases, including the Reserve Mining pollution case in the early to mid-1970s and a consumer lawsuit against A.H. Robins, maker of the Dalkon Shield IUD.