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Robert Lanier Anderson
This page is about the federal judge of the Eleventh Circuit. If you are looking for information on the former federal judge for the Second Circuit, please see Robert Palmer Anderson.
Robert Lanier Anderson III is a federal judge on senior status with the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. He was reassigned to a new seat on the Eleventh Circuit on October 1, 1981, which was created by statute reorganizing the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit. Prior to his reassignment to the Eleventh Circuit, Judge Anderson served on the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit from 1979 to 1981.[1]
Early life and education
Born in Macon, Georgia, Anderson earned his A.B. from Yale College in 1958 and his LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1961.[1]
Military career
Anderson served as a captain in the U.S. Army from 1961 to 1963.[1]
Professional career
- 1961, 1963-1979: Private practice, Macon, Ga.
Judicial career
11th Circuit Court of Appeals
Anderson was reassigned to a new seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit on October 1, 1981, which was created by statute reorganizing the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit. Anderson served as chief judge of the court from 1999 to 2002. He assumed senior status on January 31, 2009, and he was succeeded in this position by Judge Beverly Martin.[1]
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Anderson was nominated to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit by President Jimmy Carter on April 18, 1979, to a new seat created by 92 Stat. 1629. The U.S. Senate confirmed Anderson on July 12, 1979, and he received his commission on July 13, 1979. Anderson's service on the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit terminated on October 1, 1981, due to his reassignment to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.[1]
See also
- United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit
External links
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Officeholder United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit |
- Judge Anderson's biography from the Federal Judicial Center
- Judge Anderson's biography from the Eleventh Circuit website
Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA - new seat 92 Stat. 1629 |
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals 1979–1981 |
Succeeded by: NA |
| Preceded by: NA - new seat 94 Stat. 1994 |
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals 1981–present |
Succeeded by: Beverly Martin
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| 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 • | ||
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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 | |||
