{{Short description|American politician and lawyer}} {{use mdy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = James Hodson Anderson |image = James H. Anderson (NE).png |office = 24th Attorney General of Nebraska |governor = Val Peterson |term_start = 1949 |term_end = 1950 |predecessor = Walter R. Johnson |successor = Clarence S. Beck |birth_date = August 4, 1909<ref name="obit">{{cite news |title=James Hodson Anderson |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/988615888/?match=1&terms=James%20Hodson%20Anderson |access-date=May 5, 2024 |work=Star-Herald |date=August 20, 1996 |location=Scottsbluff, Nebraska |page=14}}</ref> |birth_place = Minden, Nebraska |death_date = {{dda|1996|8|17|1909|8|4}} |death_place=Omaha, Nebraska |party = Republican }} '''James Hodson Anderson''' (August 4, 1909 – August 17, 1996) was an American politician and lawyer.<ref name="obit"/> He was elected Nebraska Attorney General in 1948. He resigned the position in March 1950.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://law.justia.com/cases/nebraska/supreme-court/1950/32964-0.html|accessdate=2020-03-17|via=Justia|website=Supreme Court of Nebraska|title=45 N.W.2d 122: State v. Peterson|date=December 9, 1950}}</ref>
== Union Pacific Railroad ==
After his time as the Attorney General of Nebraska, he became an important counsel for the Union Pacific Railroad Company. In this capacity he represented the Union Pacific in many legal cases before courts such as the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa<ref>{{Cite web|title=United States v. Union Pacific Railroad Company, 173 F. Supp. 397 (S.D. Iowa 1959)|url=https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/173/397/1377599/|access-date=2021-10-11|website=Justia Law|language=en}}</ref> and the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit<ref>{{Cite web|title=Union Pacific Railroad Company, a Corporation, Plaintiff-appellant, v. Hall Lumber Sales, Inc., Defendant-appellee, 419 F.2d 1009 (7th Cir. 1969)|url=https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/419/1009/33199/|access-date=2021-10-11|website=Justia Law|language=en}}</ref> among others.
As a counsel for the Union Pacific, he was called on to represent the company before the United States Supreme Court as well. In one such case, ''United States v. Union Pacific R. Co.'' – argued from January 23, 1957 and decided on April 8, 1957 – he had on his legal team, Warren M. Christopher, who would later serve as US Secretary of State. Representing the United States as opposing counsel was U.S. Solicitor General James Lee Rankin, along with a team of lawyers that assisted him.<ref>{{Cite web|title=FindLaw's United States Supreme Court case and opinions.|url=https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-supreme-court/353/112.html|access-date=2021-10-11|website=Findlaw|language=en-US}}</ref> Six years later James Rankin would be appointed General Counsel on the Warren Commission.
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