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John Robert Brown (Federal judge)
This page is about the former U.S. Appellate Judge for the Fifth Circuit. For people with a similar name, see John Brown.
John Robert Brown (1909-1993) was a federal judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.
Brown was nominated by President Dwight Eisenhower on April 25, 1955, to a seat vacated by Robert Lee Russell; he was confirmed by the Senate on July 22, 1955, and received his commission on July 27th. He served as chief judge from 1967-1979. He assumed senior status on July 20, 1984, and served in that capacity until his death on January 23, 1993.[1]
A 1964 Time Magazine article on the Fifth Circuit titled "The Fascinating & Frenetic Fifth" gave this profile of Brown:
John R. Brown, 54, a native Nebraskan, who began practicing admiralty law in Houston in 1932. Also an Ike appointee (1955), Brown proved to be a surprisingly adept constitutional lawyer and such a firm believer in such things as jury duty that in 1960 he refused exemption from duty in a state court. Houston lawyers wryly rejected him because "a federal judge's idea of the requirements for a search warrant is a little different from ours."[2]
Education
- University of Nebraska, A.B., 1930
- University of Michigan Law School, J.D., 1932[1]
Professional career
- U.S. Army Major, 1942-1946
- Private practice, Houston and Galveston, Texas, 1932-1955[1]
Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Robert Lee Russell |
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals 1955–1993 |
Succeeded by: Robert Madden Hill
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| 1953 |
Boldt • Bruchhausen • Cecil • Dawkins, Jr. • Grooms • Hamlin • Hoffman • Knoch • Schnackenberg • Warren • Willson | ||
| 1954 |
Aldrich • Anderson • Bastian • Bicks • Bootle • Boreman • Breitenstein • Brooks • Cecil • Chambers • Choate • Christensen • Connell • Danaher • Dawson • Day • Fee • Freeman • Halbert • Harlan • Hincks • Hoffman • Holder • Hunter • Ingraham • Laramore • Kent • Lemmon • Lord • McGarraghy • Mickelson • Miller • Palmieri • Parkinson • Rogers • Ross • Stewart • Taylor • Thomsen • Tuttle • Van Oosterhout • Vogel • Walsh • Whittaker • Wilson | ||
| 1955 |
Alger • Brown • Cameron • Clarke • Davies • Devitt • East • Estes • Grubb • Harlan • Jertberg • Jones • Lumbard • McIlvaine • Miller • Register • Sorg • Van Dusen • Waterman • Watkins • Wortendyke • Wright | ||
| 1956 |
Barnes • Bryan • Burger • Cashin • Hamley • Herlands • Johnson • Juergens • Kerr • Kraft • Levet • Lewis • Lieb • Mercer • Morgan • Rich • Rizley • Robinson • Smith • Sobeloff • Weick • Whittaker | ||
| 1957 |
Arraj • Breitenstein • Brennan • Egan • Gignoux • Grant • Hastings • Haynsworth • Hicklin • Jameson • Layton • Moore • O'Sullivan • Parkinson • Richardson • Sirica • Stanley • Thompson • Van Pelt • Weber • Whittaker • Wisdom • Zavatt | ||
| 1958 |
Beck • Burke • Carswell • Clayton • Hamlin • Henley • Jertberg • Knoch • Martin • Matthes • Miner • Morrill • Poos • Robson • Stanley • Steel • Stewart • Wollenberg | ||
| 1959 |
Aldrich • Bartels • Blackmun • Boreman • Butler • Castle • Cecil • Crocker • Dalton • Field • Fisher • Forman • Friendly • Hart • Henderson • Henley • Julian • Kalbfleisch • Kilkenny • Koelsch • Kunzel • MacMahon • Merrill • Metzner • Powell • Smith • Sweigert • Walsh • Weick • Weinman • Wood • Worley • Young | ||
| 1960 |
Caffrey • Chilson • Durfee • Hodge • Kaess • Lane • Lewis • Mishler • O'Sullivan • Paul • Smith • Stephenson • Tavares • Timbers | ||
