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James Phillips (Court of Appeals Judge)
James Dickson Phillips, Jr. was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. He joined the court after an appointment from President Jimmy Carter. He elected to take senior status beginning on July 31, 1994, and served as a senior federal judge until his death on August 27, 2017.[1][2]
Education
Phillips graduated from Davidson College with his bachelor's degree in 1943 and from the University of North Carolina School of Law with his J.D. in 1948.[1]
Military service
Phillips served as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1946.[1]
Professional career
- 1994-2017: Senior judge
- 1978-1994: Judge
- 1960-1978: University of North Carolina School of Law
- 1964-1974: Dean
- 1964-1978: Professor
- 1960-1964: Lecturer and associate professor
- 1955-1959: Private practice, Laurinburg, N.C.
- 1949-1955: Private practice, Fayetteville, N.C.
- 1948-1949: Assistant director, Institute of Government, Chapel Hill, North Carolina[1]
Judicial nominations and appointments
Phillips was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit by President Jimmy Carter on July 20, 1978, to a seat vacated by Judge James Craven. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on August 11, 1978, and he received his commission on August 11, 1978. Phillips elected to take senior status beginning on July 31, 1994, and he served as a senior federal judge until his death on August 27, 2017.[1][2]
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: James Craven |
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals 1978–1994 |
Succeeded by: James Wynn
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| 1977 |
Ballantine • Bownes • Boyle • Bua • Carr • Clark • Cowan • Daly • Filippine • Higginbotham • Hoeveler • Hug • Johnstone • Kane • Keith • Leval • Logan • MacLaughlin • McKay • Melton • Merritt • Murphy • Nickerson • Oberdorfer • Roszkowski • Roy • Rubin • Sifton • Tang • Vance • Veron | ||
| 1978 |
Arnold • Baker • Boyle • Burns • Campos • Claiborne • Collins • Cook • Devine • Diamond • Duplantier • Edenfield • Friedman • Gonzalez • Greene • Jenkins • Lowe • Mazzone • McMillian • O'Brien • Pfaelzer • Phillips • Pollak • Sand • Shapiro • Simmons • Smith • Sweet • Tanner • Wiseman • Ziegler | ||
| 1979 |
Ackerman • Alarcon • Anderson • Arceneaux • Arnold • Aspen • Beatty • Beer • Belew • Bertelsman • Bilby • N. Black • S. Black • Bloch • Bowen • Brett • Brooks • Brown • Buchmeyer • Bunton • Burciaga • Cabranes • Carr • Carrigan • Castagna • Cire • Clark • Cohn • Conaboy • Cordova • Crabb • Cudahy • Davis • DeAnda • Debevoise • Edwards • Eginton • Ellison • Enslen • O. Evans • T. Evans • Farris • Ferguson • Fletcher • Frye • Garcia • Garza • B. Gibson • H. Gibson • Gierbolini-Ortiz • Giles • Gilliam • Green • Hall • Hastings • Hatchett • Hatfield • Hatter • Hawkins • Henderson • Higby • Hillman • Houck • Howard • Hudspeth • Hungate • F. Johnson • S. Johnson • N. Jones • S. Jones • Karlton • Kazen • Kearse • Keeton • Kehoe • Kennedy • Kidd • King • Kravitch • Loughlin • Martin • McCurn • McDonald • McNaught • McNichols • Mikva • Mitchell • Moran • Murnaghan • Murphy • D. Nelson • D.W. Nelson • Newblatt • Newman • Overton • Paine • Panner • J. Parker • R. Parker • Penn • Perez-Gimenez • Perry • Politz • Poole • Porter • Pregerson • Price • Rambo • Ramirez • Reavley • Redden • E. Reed • S. Reed • Reinhardt • Renner • Robinson • Rothstein • Sachs • Saffels • Sanders • Sarokin • Schroeder • Schwartz • Seay • Senter • Seymour • Shannon • Shaw • Shoob • Skopil • Sloviter • Sofaer • Spellman • Sprouse • Staker • Tate • Taylor • Thompson • Tidwell • Unthank • Vietor • Vining • Wald • Ward • Weinshienk • West • Wicker • Williams • Winder • Woods • Wright • Zobel | ||
| 1980 |
Aguilar • Aldrich • Anderson • Boochever • Breyer • Britt • Cahill • Canby • Carroll • Cerezo • Clemon • S. Ervin • R. Erwin • Getzendanner • Gilmore • Ginsburg • Haltom • Hardy • Henderson • Hobbs • Holschuh • Horton • Howard • Johnson • Keep • Kelly • Kenyon • Kocoras • Marquez • Marshall • Michael • Nixon • Norris • Patel • Polozola • Propst • Quackenbush • Ramsey • Rice • Shadur • Spiegel • Tashima • Thompson • Vela • White • Williams | ||
| 1981 | |||
