| Emery Knudson | |
| Birth Date: | 3 September 1896 |
| Birth Place: | Post Falls, Idaho |
| Death Place: | Post Falls, Idaho |
| Office: | Chief Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court |
| Term Start: | January 3, 1963 |
| Term End: | January 1965 |
| Predecessor: | E.B. Smith[1] |
| Successor: | Henry McQuade[2] |
| Office1: | Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court |
| Term Start1: | 1959 |
| Term End1: | 1965 |
| Predecessor1: | William D. Keeton |
| Successor1: | Clay V. Spear |
| Education: | University of Idaho LL.B. 1921 |
| Resting Place: | Evergreen Cemetery Post Falls, Idaho |
| Serviceyears: | 1918 |
| Battles: | World War I |
| Awards: | is not set --> |
Emery Thomas "E. T." Knudson (September 3, 1896 – June 13, 1974) was a justice of the Idaho Supreme Court from 1959 to 1965, serving as chief justice from 1963 to 1965.[1] He received his LL.B. from the University of Idaho College of Law in 1921 and was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity.[3]
From northern Idaho, Knudson was born in Post Falls, graduated from Coeur d'Alene High School,[3] and served overseas during World War I.[4]
Knudson was elected to the court in 1959. In early 1965, he became the first elected official in Idaho to take a controversial loyalty oath enacted by the state legislature in 1963, and thereafter enjoined while awaiting litigation.[2] [5] Knudson resigned from the court later that year.[6] [7]