James Coleman
| James Coleman | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Dwight Eisenhower |
| Active: | 7/26/1965 - 1/31/1984 |
| Chief: | 1979 to 1981 |
| Preceded by: | Benjamin Cameron |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1914 |
| Home State: | Mississippi |
| Bachelors: | George Washington University Law School, LL.B., 1939 |
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James Plemon Coleman (1914-1991) was a federal judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Coleman was nominated by President Lyndon Johnson on June 22, 1965, to a seat vacated by Benjamin Cameron; he was confirmed by the Senate on July 26, 1965, and received commission that same day. He served as chief judge from 1979 until he assumed senior status on May 31, 1981. He served until his resignation on January 31, 1984.[1]
Education
- George Washington University Law School, LL.B., 1939[1]
Professional career
- Private practice, Ackerman, Mississippi, 1939-1946
- District attorney, 5th Judicial Circuit of Mississippi, 1940-1946
- Mississippi circuit judge, 1947-1950
- Member, Mississippi Supreme Court, 1950
- State attorney general, Mississippi, 1950-1956
- State Governor, Mississippi, 1956-1960
- State representative, Mississippi House of Representatives, 1960-1964
- Private practice, Choctaw County, Mississippi, 1960-1965, 1984-1990[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Judge Coleman's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Benjamin Cameron |
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals 1965–1984 |
Succeeded by: Grady Jolly |
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| 1964 |
Anderson • Bratton • Christie • Collins • Cowen • Davis • Ely • Freedman • Gordon • Higginbotham • McNichols • Muecke • Nichols • Port • Rabinovitz • Robinson • Simons • Suttle • Weber • Whelan • Zampano | ||
| 1965 |
Bryant • Celebrezze • Coffin • Coleman • Collinson • Corcoran • Doyle • Eubanks • Fortas • Frankel • Gasch • Gibson • Gordon • Harris • Hemphill • Hill • Hunter • Landis • Langley • Leventhal • Maxwell • McEntee • Mehrtens • Nichol • Reynolds • Russell • Smith • Tamm • Thornberry • Young | ||
| 1966 |
Ainsworth • Atkins • Boyle • Cabot • Cassibry • Copple • Craven • Cummings • Dyer • Fairchild • Feinberg • Ferguson • Fullam • Garrity • Godbold • Goldberg • Goodwin • Gray • Guinn • Harvey • Hauk • Heaney • Heebe • Hickey • Hogan • Kaufman • Kinneary • Krentzman • Lay • Leddy • Lord • Lynch • MacKenzie • Mansfield • McCree • McRae • Mitchell • Motley • Napoli • Nichols • Noland • Peck II • Peckham • Pettine • Pittman • Porter • Real • Roberts • Robinson • Robinson • Rubin • Russell • Scott • Seals • Seitz • Simpson • Singleton • Skelton • Smith • Smith • Taylor • Thomas • von der Heydt • Watson • Winter • Wise | ||
| 1967 |
Arnow • Beckworth • Belloni • Butzner • Cancio • Carter • Clayton • Combs • Comiskey • Curtin • Eaton • Edenfield • Fernandez-Badillo • Gesell • Gordon • Jones • Keith • Kellam • Lambros • Maletz • Marshall • Masterson • Merhige • Morgan • Murray • Neville • Pollack • Pregerson • Theis • Troutman • Van Dusen • Waddy • Weiner • Weinstein • Whipple • Williams | ||
| 1968 |
Aldisert • Baldwin • Bownes • Bright • Green • Gubow • Henderson • Holloway • Hufstedler • Judd • Justice • Keady • Kerner, Jr. • Lasker • Latchum • Lawrence • McMillan • Morgan • Newman • Nixon • Pratt • Re • Rosenstein • Schwartz • Smith • Stahl • Travia • Woodward | ||
