William P. Murphy (judge)

William P. Murphy (July 6, 1898 – April 22, 1986) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 1955 to 1972.

Cloud, Minnesota, Murphy graduated from Cathedral High School in St.

He then worked in the legal department of the Capitol Trust & Savings Bank in St. Paul between 1922 and 1924, and was in private practice in St.

In 1939, he became an assistant U.S. attorney, and from 1952 he served as regional director of the Office of Price Stabilization.

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