[1] Born in Los Angeles, California, Hupp attended Beverly Hills High School.
He received an Artium Baccalaureus from Stanford University in 1953 and a Bachelor of Laws from Stanford Law School in 1955.
He was in private practice in Los Angeles from 1955 to 1972, and was then a judge on the Superior Court, Los Angeles, California from 1972 to 1984.
[3] On February 14, 1984, Hupp was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the United States District Court for the Central District of California vacated by Judge A. Andrew Hauk.
He assumed senior status on April 1, 1997, serving in that capacity until his death of a massive stroke suffered at his home in San Gabriel, California, on January 27, 2004.