[1] Born in a sod house in Bordulac, North Dakota,[2] Morris attended high school and college in Cincinnati, receiving his law degree from the University of Cincinnati Law School.
[1] He entered the practice of law in Carrington, North Dakota, which was interrupted by service in World War II.
In 1934 he defeated Justice George Moellring for a seat on the North Dakota Supreme Court.
Morris was reelected in 1944 and 1954, and served continuously except for a year-long leave of absence to accept an appointment from President Harry Truman to serve as a trial judge for a War Crimes Tribunal in Germany following World War II.
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