Help us improve in just 2 minutes—share your thoughts in our reader survey.
Richard Rives
Richard Rives (1895 - 1982) was a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit and the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.
A 1964 Time Magazine article on the Fifth Circuit titled "The Fascinating & Frenetic Fifth" gave this profile of Rives:
Alabama's courtly Judge Rives, 69, who never went to law school, but "read law" in Montgomery and became the town's most popular advocate before Harry Truman appointed him to the court in 1951. Rives's strong decisions for Negro rights have made him a pariah among white segregationists. With unwitting irony, his former friends mutter: "Dick could have gotten any political job he wanted."[1]
Education
Professional career
- Private practice, Montgomery, Alabama, 1914-1916
- U.S. Army, 1916-1919
- Private practice, Montgomery, Alabama, 1919-1951[2]
Federal judicial career
Fifth Circuit
Rives was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit by Harry Truman on April 12, 1951. He was confirmed by the Senate on May 1, 1951 and received his commission on May 3rd. Rives assumed senior status on February 15th.[2]
Eleventh Circuit
Judge Rives was reassigned from the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit to the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit on October 1, 1981. His service on the court ended with his death on October 27, 1982.[2]
Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by: Leon McCord |
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals 1951–1981 |
Succeeded by: ' |
| Preceded by: NA - reassigned |
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals 1981–1982 |
Succeeded by: '
|
| |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Active judges |
Chief Judge: William Pryor • Adalberto Jordan • Barbara Lagoa • Robin Rosenbaum • Jill Pryor • Elizabeth Branch • Robert J. Luck • Britt Grant • Kevin Newsom • Andrew Brasher • Embry Kidd • Nancy Gbana Abudu | ||
| Senior judges |
Stanley Marcus • Julie Carnes • Robert Lanier Anderson • Gerald Tjoflat • James Edmondson (Federal judge) • Joel Dubina • Susan Black (Eleventh Circuit) • Frank Hull • Charles Wilson (Florida) • Edward Carnes • | ||
| Former judges | Beverly Martin • Peter Fay • John Godbold • Phyllis Kravitch • Joseph Hatchett • Albert Henderson • Paul Roney • David Dyer • Elbert Tuttle • Thomas Clark (Eleventh Circuit) • Richard Rives • Robert Vance • Lewis Morgan • Emmett Cox • Stanley Birch • Rosemary Barkett • James Hill (Federal judge) • Warren Leroy Jones • John Bryan Simpson • Frank M. Johnson, Jr. • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
John Godbold • Robert Lanier Anderson • Gerald Tjoflat • Joseph Hatchett • James Edmondson (Federal judge) • Paul Roney • Joel Dubina • Edward Carnes • | ||
| |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 |
Burton • Clark • Donovan • Gilliam • Gourley • Holtzoff • Koscinski • Madden • Mathes • Mellott • S. Miller • W. Miller • Mollison • O'Connell • Orr • Prettyman • Rice | ||
| 1946 |
Curran • Driver • Follmer • Harris • Kalodner • Kampf • Keech • Levin • Lynne • McGranery • Murphy • Rodney • Scarlett • Shelbourne • Speakman • Starr • Vinson • Weinberger | ||
| 1947 |
Bryan, Sr. • Christenberry • Clifford • Collet • Dooley • Harper • Howell • Johnson • Jones • Lemmon • Medina • Rayfiel • Ryan • Thomason | ||
| 1948 |
Harper • Henderson • Johnson • Kaufman • Proctor • Rao • Stephens • Tamm | ||
| 1949 |
Allred • Andrews • Bazelon • Borah • Burns • Carter • Clark • Clary • Conger • Connally • Duffy • Erskine • Fahy • Finnegan • Foley • Ford • Gibson • Grim • Hastie • Hatch • Hill • Hooper • Kaufman • Kirkland • Lindley • Matthews • McCarthy • McGohey • McLaughlin • Minton • Murray • Noonan • Pickett • Platt • Pope • Ritter • Russell • Solomon • Sugarman • Swaim • Switzer • Taylor • Tehan • Thornton • Warlick • Washington • Westover • Wright | ||
| 1950 |
Bastian • Byrne, Sr. • Carter • Knous • Marsh • Murphy • Simpson • Staley • Steckler • Strum • Wallace • Weinfeld • Whitehurst • Worley | ||
| 1951 |
Dimock • Edelstein • Hartigan • Hartshorne • Leahy • Lindberg • McNamee • Medina • Modarelli • Murphy • Perry • Rives • Sheehy • Sloan • Stewart • Thomas • Tolin • Youngdahl | ||
| 1952 | |||
