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Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Lyndon B. JohnsonDemocratic president
Seat
CA80803
Nominated
May 18, 1965
Committee hearing
June 3, 1965
Committee action
Reported (favorably)June 7, 1965
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
June 8, 1965
Commissioned
June 8, 1965
ABA rating
Qualified
Chief Judge from
Jan. 1, 1974until Jan. 1, 1979
Senior status
Dec. 31, 1979
Service ended
Oct. 4, 2001Death

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 Western District of Missouri Judge Aug. 30, 1961 June 21, 1965 Appointment to Another Judicial Position John F. Kennedy
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Judge June 8, 1965 Oct. 4, 2001 Death Lyndon B. Johnson

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.