Stephen Andrew Higginson

Court

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Title

Judge

Appointed by

Barack ObamaDemocratic

Seat

CA50308

Nominated

May 9, 2011

Committee hearing

June 8, 2011

Committee action

Reported (favorably)July 14, 2011

Senate vote

88–0Roll Call

Confirmed

Oct. 31, 2011

Commissioned

Nov. 2, 2011

ABA rating

Well Qualified

Source Federal Judicial Center.

Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.

• Sept. 24
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Ling v. City of Los Angeles
• Sept. 23
  opinion issued Dissented in Bandary v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.
• Sept. 18
  panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Chaney
• Sept. 15
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in Ramirez v. Guerrero
• Sept. 11
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Sahs v. Loyola Univ New Orleans
• Sept. 4
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Sterling v. City of Jackson
• Sept. 4
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in Starbucks v. NLRB
• Sept. 3
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in Moreau v. Harris County
• Sept. 3
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in Transportation Conslt v. Certain Undwr
• Aug. 27
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in Emmerich Nwspr v. Particle Media
• Aug. 27
  opinion issued Concurred in United States v. West
• Aug. 26
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in United States v. Palencia-Berrum

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.