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Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Jimmy CarterDemocratic president
Seat
CA50107
Nominated
Aug. 16, 1977
Committee hearing
Sept. 15, 1977
Committee action
Reported (favorably)Sept. 15, 1977
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
Sept. 16, 1977
Commissioned
Sept. 19, 1977
ABA rating
Exceptionally Well Qualified
Senior status
July 1, 1989
Service ended
June 11, 1991Death

Source Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Judges. Party shown is the party of the appointing president, which is a fact about the president, not about the judge.

Judicial service history

Every federal judicial office held, in order of appointment.

CourtTitleCommissionedEndedAppointed by
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana Judge Nov. 3, 1966 Oct. 8, 1977 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Lyndon B. Johnson
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Judge Sept. 19, 1977 June 11, 1991 Death Jimmy Carter

Recent judicial activity

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Cases

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Judicial writings

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Source Authorship is recorded only where the source data carries it. For recent Courts of Appeals opinions CourtListener frequently publishes the decision as a single document without naming the authoring judge, so an absence here means the attribution is unavailable upstream — not that the judge has written nothing.