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Robert Cecil "Bob" Erwin (December 29, 1934 – January 24, 2020)[1] was an American lawyer who served as a justice of the Alaska Supreme Court from August 3, 1970, to April 15, 1977.[2][3] Born in Seward, Alaska, his older brother, William Matthews Erwin, was elected to represent the eastern Kenai Peninsula in the 1st and 2nd state legislatures.

Robert Erwin was a state prosecutor for the Nome area in the 1960s.[4] He took the Alaska state bar examination in July 1960.[5] As a prosecutor, he handled cases as mundane as failure to pay state school taxes[6] and as exotic as unlicensed polar bear hunting.[7]

Erwin was appointed to the court by Governor Keith Harvey Miller and was only the second Democrat to be appointed.[8] Erwin was the only Alaskan-born justice until the 2007 appointment of Daniel Winfree. After seven years on the court, Erwin resigned, saying, "this is a crazy job and you sure can't help people from here".[9] He returned to private practice in Anchorage. He said that as a private attorney he would be "able to take public stands" on political matters.[9] From 2002 to 2003, he served as the only Catholic member of a panel convened to investigate and report on sexual abuse of minors by the Catholic Church in Alaska.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Obituary for Robert C. Erwin". Anchorage Daily News. February 6, 2020.
  2. ^ "Erwin takes seat on Supreme Court". Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. August 4, 1970.
  3. ^ "Erwin resigns from state Supreme Court". Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. January 24, 1977.
  4. ^ "City News In-Brief: Erwin Here", Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (May 6, 1960), p. 1.
  5. ^ "City News In-Brief: Bar Exams", Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (July 12, 1960), p. 1.
  6. ^ "Three Found Guilty of Failure to Pay School Tax", Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (February 16, 1961), p. 12.
  7. ^ "Judge Suggests Indictment Against Officials Be Dropped", Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (August 21, 1961), p. 1.
  8. ^ "Erwin takes seat on Supreme Court", Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (August 4, 1970), p. 3.
  9. ^ a b "Erwin returning to law firm", Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (January 25, 1977), p. 2.
  10. ^ "Abuse by priests dates back to 1966", Whitehorse Daily Star (October 31, 2003), p. 16.


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