[2] Delbert E. Metzger worked as a realtor, a grain dealer, a newspaper publisher, a theatrical producer, an accountant, a justice of peace, city attorney, and mining engineer.

Metzger remained in Hawaii, drilling artesian wells for Lucius E.

[2] On July 12, 1934, Metzger was nominated to be a judge on the former 4th Circuit territorial court in Hilo.

[4] In 1939, Metzger was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii vacated by Judge Edward Minor Watson Jr.

[5] Metzger was reappointed to additional six year terms until 1952, when he was replaced by John Wiig.