Benchlight The federal appellate judiciary

Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Ronald ReaganRepublican president
Seat
CA50306
Nominated
June 4, 1984
Committee hearing
June 13, 1984
Committee action
Reported (favorably)June 14, 1984
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
June 15, 1984
Commissioned
June 15, 1984
ABA rating
Well Qualified
Service ended
Oct. 19, 1987Death

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 Northern District of Texas Judge Dec. 1, 1970 July 20, 1984 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Richard M. Nixon
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Judge June 15, 1984 Oct. 19, 1987 Death Ronald Reagan

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.