Benchlight The federal appellate judiciary

Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Herbert HooverRepublican president
Seat
CA50303
Nominated
Dec. 20, 1930
Committee action
Reported (favorably)Jan. 12, 1931
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
Jan. 13, 1931
Commissioned
Jan. 24, 1931
Senior status
Oct. 1, 1949
Service ended
Oct. 13, 1958Death

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 Georgia Judge Aug. 5, 1919 Jan. 30, 1931 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Woodrow Wilson
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Judge Jan. 24, 1931 Oct. 13, 1958 Death Herbert Hoover

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.