[1] Dobie served in France as assistant chief of staff of the 80th Division of the United States Army during World War I from 1917 to 1919.

"[4] A dispute between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Virginia's senators Carter Glass and Harry F. Byrd Sr., resulted in the rejection of Roosevelt's recess appointment of Floyd H. Roberts to a newly created seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia.

Then Solicitor General Robert H. Jackson recalled that Roosevelt "thought Glass and Byrd would support Dobie and thereby break the deadlock without loss of face to anybody."

[1] Dobie received a recess appointment from President Franklin D. Roosevelt on December 19, 1939, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit vacated by Judge Elliott Northcutt.

[1] On the Court of Appeals, Dobie worked with Judges John J. Parker and Morris Ames Soper.

[1] "A bachelor until just four years before his death, Judge Dobie spent his entire life thoroughly engrossed in the noble endeavor to learn, interpret, and apply the law to the daily lives of the people who came before his court.

Apparent from his many decisions, the praise of his colleagues, and the admiration of the students he taught, Judge Dobie's love of the law permeated and influenced countless lives.