Help us improve in just 2 minutes—share your thoughts in our reader survey.
Emmett Cox
Emmett Ripley Cox was a federal judge with the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. He joined the court in 1988 after being nominated by President Ronald Reagan (R). Cox assumed senior status on December 18, 2000. His service officially ended on March 3, 2021, when he died.[1]
Early life and education
A native of Cottonwood, Alabama, Cox earned his A.B. from the University of Alabama in 1957 and his LL.B. from the University of Alabama Law School in 1959.[1]
Military career
Cox served in the Air National Guard from 1958 to 1964.[1]
Professional career
- 1964-1981: Private practice, Mobile, Alabama
- 1959-1964: Private practice, Birmingham, Alabama[1]
Judicial nominations and appointments
11th Circuit Court of Appeals
 |
| Nominee Information |
| Name: Emmett Ripley Cox |
| Court: United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 118 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: December 19, 1987
|
 ABA Rating:
|
| Questionnaire: |
| Hearing: February 29, 1988
|
| QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more) |
| Reported: March 24, 1988
|
| Confirmed: April 15, 1988
|
| Vote: Unanimous consent
|
Cox was nominated by President Ronald Reagan (R) on December 19, 1987, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit vacated by John Godbold. Hearings on Cox's nomination were held before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on February 29, 1988, and his nomination was reported on March 24, 1988, by U.S. Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) on behalf of then-U.S. Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.). Cox was confirmed by the unanimous consent of the U.S. Senate on April 15, 1988, and he received his commission on April 18, 1988. Cox assumed senior status on December 18, 2000. His service officially ended when he died on March 3, 2021.[1][2] He was succeeded in this position by Judge William Pryor.
Southern District of Alabama
Cox was nominated to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama by President Ronald Reagan (R) on October 14, 1981, to a seat vacated by Thomas Pittman. Hearings on Cox's nomination were held before the Senate Judiciary Committee on October 14, 1981, and his nomination was reported the same day by U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.). Cox was confirmed by the unanimous consent of the United States Senate on November 18, 1981, and he received his commission the same day. Cox resigned from the district court on April 25, 1988, upon his elevation to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.[1][3] Cox was succeeded in this position by Judge Charles Butler.
See also
- United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama
External links
- Judge Cox's biography from the Federal Judicial Center
- Judge Cox's biography from the Eleventh Circuit website
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Federal Judicial Center, "Biographical directory of federal judges," accessed March 7, 2022
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 783 - Emmett Ripley Cox — The Judiciary," accessed August 17, 2016
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 736 - Emmett Ripley Cox — The Judiciary," accessed August 17, 2016
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by: Thomas Pittman |
Southern District of Alabama 1981–1988 Seat #2 |
Succeeded by: Charles Butler |
| Preceded by: John Godbold |
Eleventh Circuit 1988–2000 |
Succeeded by: William Pryor
|
| |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Jeffrey Beaverstock • Terry F. Moorer • Kristi DuBose | ||
| Senior judges | |||
| Magistrate judges | Katherine Nelson • Sonja Bivins • P. Bradley Murray • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
William Crawford (Alabama) • Charles Tait • John Gayle • William Giles Jones • Richard Busteed • George Washington Lane • John Bruce • Emmett Cox • Harry Theophilus Toulmin • Robert Tait Ervin • John McDuffie • Thomas Pittman • William Hand • Daniel Thomas (Alabama) • Richard Vollmer • Alex Howard (Alabama) • Margaret A. Mahoney (Alabama) • William S. Shulman • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Callie Granade • Charles Butler • William Steele • Kristi DuBose • Thomas Pittman • William Hand • Daniel Thomas (Alabama) • Alex Howard (Alabama) • | ||
| |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 |
Bartlett • Beam • Becker • Bork • Cacheris • Cardamone • Chapman • Coughenour • Cox • Crow • Cyr • Doumar • Eschbach • Forrester • Garwood • Gibson • Glasser • Hall • Hamilton • Head • Jones • Kiser • Krenzler • Lee • Magnuson • McLaughlin • Miner • Moore • Nowlin • O'Connor • Pierce • Posner • Potter • Russell • Ryan • Shabaz • Sprizzo • Stevens • Waters • Wilhoit • Wilkins • Winter | ||
| 1982 |
Acker • Acosta • Altimari • Bell • Bissell • Black • Bullock • Caldwell • Coffey • Contie • Coyle • Dowd • Fagg • Fong • Fox • Gadbois • Gibson • Ginsburg • Hart • Higginbotham • Hogan • Irving • Jackson • Jolly • Kanne • Kovachevich • Krupansky • Lynch • Mansmann • McNamara • Mencer • Mentz • Mihm • Moody • Nordberg • Paul • Pieras • Plunkett • Porfilio • Potter • Pratt • Rafeedie • Restani • Roberts • Scalia • Selya • Telesca • Wellford | ||
| 1983 |
Baldock • Barbour • Barry • Bowman • Carman • Carter • Curran • Davis • Dorsey • Feldman • Fish • Flaum • Gibbons • Hallanan • Harris • Hinojosa • Hull • Hupp • Katz • Keenan • Kelly • Kram • Laffitte • Limbaugh, Sr. • Limbaugh, Sr. • Milburn • Nesbitt • Nevas • O'Neill • Rymer • Sharp • Starr • Vinson • Vukasin • Wexler • Woods | ||
| 1984 |
Barker • Beezer • Biggers • Billings • Bissell • Boyle • Brewster • Browning • DiCarlo • Duhe • Garcia • George • Hall • Hargrove • Higgins • Hill • Holland • Ideman • Jarvis • Keller • Leavy • Lee • Legge • Leisure • Little • Livaudais • Longobardi • McKibben • Milburn • Newman • Norgle • Prado • Rea • Rosenblatt • Rovner • Scirica • Smith, Jr. • Sneeden • Stotler • Suhrheinrich • Torruella • Wiggins • Wilkinson | ||
| 1985 |
Alley • Altimari • Anderson • Aquilino • Archer • Arnold • Baldock • Batchelder • Battey • Broomfield • Brown • Brown • Brunetti • Buckley • Cobb • Conmy • Cowen • Davidson • Dimmick • Duff • Easterbrook • Edgar • Farnan • Fernandez • Fitzpatrick • Fuste • Greene • Gunn • Guy • Hall • Hilton • Holderman • Hughes • Johnson • Jones • Korman • Kozinski • La Plata • Leinenweber • Letts • Lovell • Ludwig • Maloney • Mansmann • Marcus • McDonald • Meredith • Miller • Mills • Miner • Motz • Nelson • Noonan • Porfilio • Revercomb • Rhoades • Ripple • Rodriguez • Rosenbaum • Roth • Ryan • Sam • Scott • Sentelle • Silberman • Sporkin • Stanton • Stapleton • Strand • Strom • Tacha • Tevrizian • Thompson • Todd • Tsoucalas • Walker • Walter • Weber • Williams • Wilson • Wingate • Wolf • Wollman • Young • Zloch | ||
| 1986 |
Anderson • Boggs • Bryan • Cedarbaum • Cholakis • Conway • Davies • Dearie • Dubina • Duggan • Edmondson • Fawsett • Fitzwater • Gex • Graham • Hackett • Hansen • Henderson • Hittner • Howard • Jensen • Kay • Kleinfeld • Kosik • Lagueux • Lechner • Magill • Mahoney • Manion • McAvoy • McQuade • Norris • O'Scannlain • Rehnquist • Ryskamp • Scalia • Selya • Simpson • Smalkin • Spencer • Stiehl • Wilkins • Williams • Woodlock • Zatkoff | ||
| 1987 |
Alesia • Beam • Bell • Conboy • Cowen • Cummings • Daronco • Doty • Dwyer • Ebel • Ellis • Gadola • Gawthrop • Greenberg • Harrington • Howard • Hoyt • Hutchinson • Kanne • Kelly • Larimer • Leavy • Lew • Marsh • Mayer • McKinney • Michel • Mukasey • Musgrave • Niemeyer • Parker • Phillips • Politan • Pro • Raggi • Reasoner • Reed • Scirica • Sentelle • Smith • Smith • Stadtmueller • Standish • Tinder • Torres • Trott • Turner • Van Antwerpen • Voorhees • Webb • Whipple • Wolin • Wolle • Wood • Zagel | ||
| 1988 |
Arcara • Babcock • Brorby • Butler • Cambridge • Camp • Conlon • Cox • Dubois • Duhe • Ezra • Forester • Friedman • Garza • Hutton • Jordan • Kennedy • Lake • Lamberth • Lifland • Lozano • Marovich • Nygaard • Patterson • Schell • Smith • Smith • Tilley • Waldman • Zilly | ||
