James L. Dennis

Court

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Title

Judge

Appointed by

William J. ClintonDemocratic

Seat

CA51303

Nominated

Jan. 31, 1995

Committee action

Reported (favorably)July 20, 1995

Senate vote

Voice

Confirmed

Sept. 28, 1995

Commissioned

Oct. 2, 1995

ABA rating

Qualified

Senior status

Dec. 16, 2022

Source Federal Judicial Center.

Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.

• Feb. 20
  opinion issued Dissented in Roake v. Brumley
• Feb. 19
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Wilson v. Centene Mgmt
• Feb. 18
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Trader Joe's Company v. NLRB
• Feb. 9
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Aries Marine v. United Fire & Safety
• Feb. 2
  opinion issued Concurred in part in Harvard Maintenance v. NLRB
• Feb. 2
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Three Fifty Markets v. Argos M M/V
• Dec. 23, 2025
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Alexander v. Taft
• Dec. 23, 2025
  panel identified Sat on the panel in North East Indep Sch Dist v. M.
• Dec. 22, 2025
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Campuzano v. Bondi
• Dec. 17, 2025
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Mertens v. Benelux Corporation
• Dec. 10, 2025
  panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Elkins
• Nov. 25, 2025
  panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Ahmadou

Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.

Opinions, concurrences and dissents attributed to this judge by the source record.