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Richard Arnold (Arkansas)
Richard Sheppard Arnold (1936-2004) was a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas and the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit.
Early life and education
- Yale University, B.A., 1957
- Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1960[1]
Professional career
- Law clerk, Justice William J. Brennan, Jr., Supreme Court of the United States, 1960-1961
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1961-1964
- Private practice, Texarkana, Arkansas, 1964-1973
- Delegate, Seventh Arkansas Constitutional Convention, 1969-1970
- Legislative secretary, Governor Dale Bumpers, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1973-1974
- Legislative assistant, U.S. Sen. Dale Bumpers, Washington, D.C., 1975-1978[1]
Awards and associations
- 1998: Edward J. Devitt Distinguished Service to Justice Award, American Judicature Society[2]
Judicial career
Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas
Arnold was nominated to both the Western and Eastern Districts of Arkansas by President Jimmy Carter on August 14, 1978, to a seat vacated by Terry Shell; he was confirmed by the Senate on September 20, 1978, and received commission on September 22, 1978. He served the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas until he was elevated to the Eighth Circuit on March 7, 1980.[1] Arnold was succeeded in this position by George Howard.
Eighth Circuit
Arnold was nominated to the Eighth Circuit by President Jimmy Carter on December 19, 1979, to a new seat created by 92 Stat. 1629; he was confirmed by the Senate on February 20, 1980, and received commission that same day. From 1992-1998, he served as the chief judge. He assumed senior status on April 1, 2001. Arnold was also the 1998 recipient of the Edward J. Devitt Distinguished Service to Justice Award. He served the Eighth Circuit until his death on September 23, 2004.[1]
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Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Terry Shell |
Eastern District of Arkansas 1978–1980 Seat #3 |
Succeeded by: George Howard |
| Preceded by: Terry Shell |
Western District of Arkansas 1978–1980 |
Succeeded by: George Howard |
| Preceded by: NA - new seat |
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals 1980–2004 |
Succeeded by: Lavenski Smith
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Brian Miller (Arkansas)Chief Judge: Kristine Gerhard Baker • D.P. Marshall Jr. • James Moody Jr. (Arkansas federal court judge) • Lee Rudofsky | ||
| Senior judges | |||
| Magistrate judges | J. Thomas Ray • Jerome Kearney • Joe J. Volpe • Patricia S. Harris • Edie Ervin • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
J. Leon Holmes • Garnett Eisele • William Wilson (Arkansas) • James M. Moody Sr. (Arkansas federal judge) • Henry Woods • William Overton • Richard Arnold (Arkansas) • Terry Shell • Daniel Ringo • Henry Clay Caldwell • John Williams (Arkansas) • Jacob Trieber • John Ellis Martineau • Thomas Trimble • Harry Lemley • Oren Harris • Jesse Henley • George Howard • Elsijane Roy • Stephen Reasoner • Gordon Young • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Garnett Eisele • D.P. Marshall Jr. • Thomas Trimble • Jesse Henley • Susan Webber Wright • Stephen Reasoner • | ||
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Susan HickeyChief Judge: Timothy Brooks (Arkansas) | ||
| 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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| 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 | |||
