Veteran Judge of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court Dies
December 29, 2009
Montgomery, Alabama: John Cooper Godbold, a judge on the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, died on December 22, 2009.
Judge Godbold had served as a federal circuit judge since 1966, when he was first nominated by Lyndon Johnson to the 5th Circuit Court. He was reassigned to the 11th Circuit Court in 1981 and served as that court's chief judge from 1981 to 1986. In 1987, he assumed senior status.[1][2]
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