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Thomas Reavley
Thomas Morrow Reavley was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit. He first joined the court in 1979 after being nominated by President Jimmy Carter (D). Reavley assumed senior status in 1990. His service ended on December 1, 2020, when he died.[1]
Early life and education
A native of Quitman, Texas, Reavley graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with his bachelor's degree in 1942 and from Harvard Law School with his J.D. in 1948. He also received a LL.M. degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1983.[1]
Military service
Reavley served in the U.S. Navy from 1942 to 1946.[1]
Professional career
- 1978: Special judge, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
- 1977-1979: Private practice, Austin, Texas
- 1968-1977: Justice, Supreme Court of Texas
- 1964-1968: Judge, 167 Judicial District
- 1957-1964: Private practice, Austin, Texas
- 1955-1957: Secretary of State, State of Texas
- 1952-1955: Private practice, Jasper, Texas
- 1951-1952: Private practice, Lufkin, Texas
- 1951: County attorney, Nacogdoches County, Texas
- 1949-1951: Private practice, Nacogdoches, Texas
- 1948-1949: Assistant district attorney, Dallas, Texas[1]
Judicial career
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Reavley was nominated by President Jimmy Carter (D) on May 17, 1979, to a new seat created by 92 Stat.1629. Reavley was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 12, 1979, and he received his commission the next day. Reavley assumed senior status on August 1, 1990. His service ended on December 1, 2020, when he died.[1] He was succeeded in this position by Judge Emilio Garza.
Noteworthy cases
Clipper Estates case (2009)
- See also: United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit (Joffroin v. Tufaro, 606 F. 3d 235)
- See also: United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit (Joffroin v. Tufaro, 606 F. 3d 235)
Judge Martin Feldman of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana dismissed a lawsuit filed by fifty people who live in Clipper Estates in suburban New Orleans under allegations of violations of the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act. The residents sued on allegations that the owner of Clipper Estates - also the President of the New Orleans Home Builders Association - used money he assessed against them after Hurricane Katrina for personal purposes instead of improving the subdivision as he promised. Feldman dismissed the lawsuit claiming the plaintiffs had no standing under RICO.[2]
The case was appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, where judges Thomas Reavley, Edward Prado, and Priscilla Richman affirmed Feldman's decision. It was determined that the plaintiffs in the case did not have standing after applying the three-part test from Whalen v. Carter, 954 F.2d 1087, 1093 (5th Cir.1992).[3]
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Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA - New Seat 92. Stat. 1629 |
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals 1979–present |
Succeeded by: Emilio Garza
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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 | |||
