Henry Politz
| Henry Politz | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Jimmy Carter |
| Active: | 7/13/1979 - 3/25/2002 |
| Chief: | 1992 to 1999 |
| Senior: | 1999 to 2002 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1932 |
| Home State: | Louisiana |
| Bachelors: | Louisiana State University, B.A., 1958 |
| Law School: | Louisiana State University Law School, J.D., 1959 |
Henry Anthony Politz (1932-2002) was a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He joined the court in 1979 after being nominated by President Jimmy Carter.
Education
- Louisiana State University, B.A., 1958
- Louisiana State University Law School, J.D., 1959 [1]
Professional career
- U.S. Air Force, 1951-1955
- Private practice, Shreveport, Louisiana, 1959-1979 [1]
Federal judicial career
Politz was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by Jimmy Carter on May 3, 1979 to a new seat created by 92 Stat. 1629. He was confirmed by the Senate on July 12, 1979 and received his commission on July 13, 1979. Politz served as chief judge of the court from 1992 to 1999. He assumed senior status on August 10, 1999 and continued serving in that capacity until his death on May 25, 2002. [1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Judge Politz's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA - new seat |
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals 1979–2002 |
Succeeded by: Charles Pickering |
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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 | |||
