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Morris Arnold
2006 - Present
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Morris Sheppard Arnold is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit. He joined the court in 1992 after being nominated by President George H.W. Bush. Prior to his appointment, he served on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas after a nomination by Ronald Reagan in 1985. He assumed senior status on October 9, 2006.[1]
Morris also served as a judge on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review from 2008 to 2013. He was the presiding judge on that court from 2012 to 2013.[1]
Early life and education
Born in Texarkana, Texas, Arnold received a B.S. in electrical engineering in 1965 from the University of Arkansas. Arnold earned his LL.B. in 1968 from the University of Arkansas School of Law. Arnold received both his LL.M. and his doctor of juridical science (S.J.D.) degrees from Harvard Law School in 1969 and 1971, respectively.[1]
Professional career
- 1985: Dean, Indiana University School of Law
- 1985: Visiting professor, Stanford University Law School
- 1984-1985: Professor, University of Pennsylvania Law School
- 1983: Special master, Chancery Court of Pulaski County, Arkansas
- 1982: Special chief justice, Arkansas Supreme Court
- 1981-1984: Private practice, Little Rock, Ark.
- 1981-1984: Professor, University of Arkansas School of Law
- 1977-1981: Vice president/professor, University of Pennsylvania Law School
- 1971-1977: Professor, Indiana University School of Law
- 1969-1970: Teaching fellow in law, Harvard Law School
- 1968: Private practice, Texarkana, Ark.[1]
Judicial career
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Morris S. Arnold |
| Court: United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 197 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: November 6, 1991
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| ABA Rating: Substantial Majority Well Qualified, Minority Qualified
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| Questionnaire: |
| Hearing: May 14, 1992
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| QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more) |
| Reported: May 21, 1992
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| Confirmed: May 21, 1992
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| Vote: Unanimous consent
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Arnold was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit by President George H.W. Bush on November 6, 1991, to a seat vacated by Donald Lay. The American Bar Association rated Arnold Substantial Majority Well Qualified, Minority Qualified for the nomination.[2] Hearings on Arnold's nomination were held before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on May 14, 1992, and his nomination was reported by then-U.S. Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.) on May 21, 1992. Arnold was confirmed by the unanimous consent of the U.S. Senate on May 21, 1992, and he received his commission on May 26, 1992. Arnold assumed senior status on the court on October 9, 2006.[1][3] He was succeeded on the Eighth Circuit by Judge Bobby Shepherd.
Western District of Arkansas
Arnold was nominated to the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas by President Ronald Reagan on October 23, 1985, to a new seat created by 98 Stat. 333. Hearings on Arnold's nomination were held before the Senate Judiciary Committee on November 6, 1985, and his nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) on November 14, 1985. Arnold was confirmed on a voice vote of the United States Senate on December 16, 1985, and he received his commission the next day. He resigned from the district court on June 1, 1992, upon his elevation to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.[1][4] He was succeeded in this position by Judge Harry Barnes.
Noteworthy cases
Ninth Circuit rules that protections for endangered species must remain intact (2014)
In March 2014, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit, comprised of Judges Arnold (sitting by designation), Jay Bybee and Johnnie Rawlinson, reversed a decision originally reached by Judge Oliver Wanger of the Eastern District of California. The majority opinion was written by Judge Bybee, who found that protections must remain intact for the delta smelt, an endangered species. The decision was considered a blow to those agencies that lobbied to do away with the delta smelt’s protections.
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See also
- United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit
- United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Federal Judicial Center, "Morris Sheppard Arnold," accessed January 30, 2019 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "bio" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III judicial nominees, 102nd Congress," accessed July 28, 2016
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 752 - Morris S. Arnold - The Judiciary," accessed July 28, 2016
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 683 - Morris S. Arnold — The Judiciary," accessed July 28, 2016
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA - new seat 98 Stat. 333 |
Western District of Arkansas 1985–1992 Seat #4T |
Succeeded by: Harry Barnes |
| Preceded by: Donald Lay |
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals 1992–present |
Succeeded by: Bobby Shepherd
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| Active judges | |||
| Senior judges | |||
| Magistrate judges | Barry Bryant • Erin Wiedemann • Mark E. Ford • Christy Comstock • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Harry Barnes • Richard Arnold (Arkansas) • Terry Shell • Morris Arnold • Daniel Ringo • Hugh Waters • Henry Clay Caldwell • Isaac Charles Parker • William Story • John Henry Rogers • Frank Youmans • Heartsill Ragon • Harry Lemley • John Elvis Miller • Oren Harris • Jesse Henley • Susan Webber Wright • George Howard • Elsijane Roy • Paul Williams (Arkansas) • Paul K. Holmes • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Jimm Hendren • Hugh Waters • Harry Lemley • John Elvis Miller • Oren Harris • Paul Williams (Arkansas) • Paul K. Holmes • | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 1989 |
Barksdale • Bonner • Buckwalter • Cyr • Fernandez • Garbis • Harmon • Lee • Lindberg • Lodge • Nelson • Nottingham • Plager • Rosen • Rymer • Smith • Spatt • Thomas • VanBebber • J. Walker • V. Walker • Wiener • Wright | ||
| 1990 |
Alito • Amon • Birch • Boudin • Cleland • Clevenger • Dubina • Hamilton • Henderson • Hood • Hornby • Jones • Kent • Levi • Loken • Lourie • Martin • McBryde • McClure • McKenna • McLaughlin • McNamee • Moreno • Mullen • Nelson • Nickerson • Niemeyer • Norton • Parker • Pickering • Rader • Rainey • Randolph • Shanstrom • Shedd • Shubb • Singleton • Skretny • Souter • Sparr • Stahl • Stamp • Suhrheinrich • Taylor • Vollmer • Ware • Wilson | ||
| 1991 |
Albritton • Andersen • Armstrong • Arnold • Bartle • Bassler • Batchelder • Beckwith • Belot • Benson • Blackburn • Bramlette • Brody • Brody • Burrell • Carnes • Caulfield • Cauthron • Clement • Collier • Conway • Cooper • Dalzell • DeMent • DeMoss • Doherty • Echols • Edmunds • Faber • Freeh • Gaitan • Garza • Graham • Haik • Hamilton • Hansen • Hendren • Herlong • Highsmith • Hogan • Huff • Hurley • Irenas • Johnson • Joyner • Kelly • Kleinfeld • Legg • Leonard • Lewis • Longstaff • Lungstrum • Luttig • Matia • McCalla • McDade • McKeague • McKelvie • Means • Merryday • Moore • Morgan • Nielsen • Nimmons • Osteen Sr. • Padova • Payne • Reinhard • Robinson • Robreno • Roll • Roth • Schlesinger • Scullin • Siler • Solis • Sotomayor • Sparks • Stohr • Thomas • Traxler • Trimble • Ungaro • Van Sickle • Wanger • Werlein • Whyte • Yohn | ||
| 1992 |
Baird • Barbadoro • Black • Boudin • Carnes • Covello • DiClerico • Gilbert • Gonzalez • Gorton • Hansen • Heyburn • Jackson • Jacobs • Keeley • Kendall • Kopf • Kyle • Lewis • McAuliffe • McLaughlin • Melloy • Preska • Quist • Randa • Rosenthal • Rovner • Schall • Sedwick • Simandle • Stahl • Vratil • Williams | ||
