Robert Lynn Batts
Robert Lynn Batts (1864-1935) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.
He was nominated by President Woodrow Wilson on January 17, 1917 to fill the seat vacated by Andrew Phelps McCormick. He was confirmed by the Senate on February 5, 1917, and received commission that same day. He resigned on August 22, 1919.[1]
Education
- University of Texas, LL.B., 1886[1]
Professional career
- Private practice, Bastrop, Texas., 1886-1891
- Assistant state attorney general, Texas, 1891-1893
- Professor of law, University of Texas, Austin, 1893-1900
- Private practice, Austin, Texas, 1900-1917
- General counsel, Gulf Oil Corp., 1919-1923
- Private practice, Austin, Texas, 1924-1935[1]
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Judge Batts's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Andrew Phelps McCormick |
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals 1917–1919 |
Succeeded by: Nathan Philemon Bryan
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| 1913 |
Bingham • Brown • Call • Campbell • Dooling • Neterer • Rogers • Sawtelle • Sullivan • Thomas • Woods | ||
| 1914 |
Bledsoe • Booth • Clarke • Clayton • Covington • Dickinson • Haight • Hand • McCoy • McReynolds • Siddons • Thomson • Walker • Woolley | ||
| 1915 |
Downey • Howe • Lambdin • Trippet • Wade | ||
| 1916 |
Alschuler • Brandeis • Davis • Evans • Hay • Hitz • Hough • J. Johnson • T. Johnson • Manton • Stone • West • Woodrough | ||
| 1917 |
Adamson • Batts • Ervin • Evans • Jack • C. Johnson • Neblett • Smith • Smyth • Westenhaver | ||
| 1918 |
Anderson • Bailey • English • FitzHenry • Garvin • Holmes • Hutcheson • Knox • Manton • McCoy • Williams | ||
| 1919 |
Donahue • Faris • Graham • Haight • Lynch • Morris • Page • Peck • Sibley • Watkins • Webb • Weller • Wilson | ||
| 1920 | |||
