Upon return, he earned his Juris Doctor from USC Gould School of Law in 1949.
He was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 20, 1966, and received his commission on November 3, 1966.
[1] Ferguson was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on September 28, 1979, to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, to a new seat authorized by 92 Stat.
[1] His service terminated on June 25, 2008, due to his death at his home in Fullerton, California.
The antitrust suit went to the Supreme Court (Haywood v. National Basketball Association), which affirmed the decision.