Benchlight The federal appellate judiciary

Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Richard M. NixonRepublican president
Seat
CA40107
Nominated
April 7, 1971
Committee action
Reported (favorably)April 20, 1971
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
April 21, 1971
Commissioned
April 23, 1971
ABA rating
Well Qualified
Service ended
Feb. 22, 1998Death

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 District of South Carolina Judge Nov. 3, 1966 May 1, 1971 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Lyndon B. Johnson
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Judge April 23, 1971 Feb. 22, 1998 Death Richard M. Nixon

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.