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| James Dennis | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Bill Clinton |
| Active: | 10/02/1985 - Current |
| Preceded by: | Charles Clark |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1936 |
| Home State: | Louisiana |
| Bachelors: | Louisiana Tech University, 1959 |
| Law School: | Louisiana State University Law School, 1962 |
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James L. Dennis is a federal appeals judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He joined the court in 1995 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton.
Early life and education
Born in Monroe, Louisiana, Dennis graduated from Louisiana Tech University in 1959 and later earned a law degree from Louisiana State University's Paul M. Hebert Law Center in 1962. Dennis obtained a Master's of Law (LL.M.) from the University of Virginia Law School in 1984.[1]
Professional career
Dennis was a private practice attorney in Louisiana from 1962 until 1972. Dennis also served as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1968 to 1972. From 1972 to 1974, Dennis served as a Judge on the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal before serving on the Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal from 1974 to 1975. In 1975, Dennis was elected by the people of Louisiana as an Associate Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court before being nominated to the federal bench in 1995.[1]
Judicial career
Fifth Circuit
On the recommendation of U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu, Dennis was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by President Bill Clinton on January 31, 1995 to a seat vacated by Charles Clark. Dennis was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on September 28, 1995 on a majority vote and received commission on October 2, 1995.[2]
Notable cases
First Amendment rights in Texas public meeting
| United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit *Avinash Rangra; Anna Monclova, v. Frank D. Brown, District Attorney No. 06-51587 |
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| Dennis wrote the opinion in the case Rangra v. Brown, concerning the application of First Amendment rights within the context of the Texas Open Meetings law. The case was appealed from the Western District of Texas, where it was ruled that "the First Amendment affords absolutely no protection to speech by elected officials made pursuant to their official duties". Dennis, along with Judges Jacques Wiener, Jr. and Rhesa Barksdale disagreed, and sent the case back to the trial court for review. They suggested that the "trial court had not properly considered whether the statute was constitutional".[3][4] |
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| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Charles Clark |
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals 1995–present |
Succeeded by: NA |
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| 1993 |
Adams • Ambrose • Barnes • Brinkema • Bucklew • Chasanow • Coffman • Daughtrey • Ferguson • Ginsburg • Hagen • Jackson • Lancaster • Leval • Lindsay • Messitte • Michael • Piersol • Saris • Schwartz • Seybert • Shanahan • Shaw • Stearns • Trager • Vazquez • Wilken • Wilson | ||
| 1994 |
Baer • Barkett • Batts • Beaty • Benavides • Bennett • Berrigan • Biery • Block • Borman • Breyer • Briones • Bryson • Bucklo • Burgess • Burrage • Cabranes • Calabresi • Carr • Casellas • Castillo • Chatigny • Chin • Cindrich • Coar • Collins • Cooper • Cote • Currie • Davis • Dominguez • Downes • Duval • Friedman • Furgeson • Garcia • Gertner • Gettleman • Gillmor • Gilmore • Gleeson • Haggerty • Hamilton • Hannah • Hawkins • Henry • Holmes • Hood • Hull • Hurley • Jack • Jones • Jones • Kaplan • Katz • Kern • Kessler • Koeltl • Lisi • Manning • McKee • McLaughlin • Melancon • Miles-LaGrange • Moore • Motz • Murphy • O'Malley • O'Meara • Oliver • Paez • B. Parker • F. Parker • R. Parker • Perry • Ponsor • Pooler • Porteous • Rendell • Riley • Robertson • Rogers • Ross • Russell • Sands • Sarokin • Scheindlin • Silver • Squatrito • Stewart • Sullivan • Tatel • Thompson • Timlin • Urbina • Vanaskie • Vance • Walls • Wells • Williams | ||
| 1995 |
Arterton • Atlas • Black • Blake • Briscoe • Tena Campbell • Todd Campbell • Chesney • Cole • Collier • Daniel • Davis • Dennis • Dlott • Donald • Duffy • Economus • Evans • Fallon • Folsom • Gaughan • Goodwin • Heartfield • Hunt • Illston • Jones • King • Kornmann • Lawson • Lenard • Lucero • Lynch • McKinley • Moody • Moore • Moskowitz • Murphy • Murtha • Nugent • O'Toole • Orlofsky • Pogue • Sessions • C. Smith • O. Smith • Stein • Thornburg • Tunheim • Wallach • Wardlaw • Webber • Whaley • Winmill • Wood | ||
| 1996 |
Broadwater • Clevert • Fenner • Gershon • Gottschall • Greenaway • Hinkle • Jones • Kahn • Laughrey • Lemmon • Marten • Miller • Molloy • Montgomery • Pregerson • Rakoff • Sargus • Tashima • Thomas • Zapata | ||
| 1997 |
Adelman • Bataillon • Breyer • Caputo • Casey • Chambers • Clay • Damrell • Droney • Friedman • Gajarsa • Garland • Gilman • Gold • Gwin • Hall • Hayden • Hull • Ishii • Jenkins • Kauffman • Kennedy • Kimball • Kollar-Kotelly • Lazzara • Marbley • Marcus • Middlebrooks • Miller • Moon • Pratt • Rendell • Sippel • Siragusa • Snyder • Thrash | ||
| 1998 |
Aiken • Barbier • Barzilay • Berman • Buttram • Carter • Collins • Dawson • Dimitrouleas • Fletcher • Fogel • Frank • Graber • Hellerstein • Herndon • James • Johnson • Kane • Kelly • G. King • R. King • Lasnik • Lee • Lemelle • Lindsay • Lipez • Manella • Matz • McCuskey • McKeown • McMahon • Mickle • Mollway • Mordue • Moreno • Morrow • Munley • Murphy • Pallmeyer • Pauley • Polster • Pooler • Rawlinson • Ridgway • R. Roberts • V. Roberts • Sack • Scott • Seitz • Seymour • Shea • Silverman • Sleet • Sotomayor • Steeh • Story • Straub • Tagle • Tarnow • Trauger • Traxler • Tyson • Wardlaw • Whelan • Young | ||
| 1999 |
Alsup • Barry • Brown • Buchwald • Cooper • Eaton • Ellison • Feess • Fisher • Gould • Guzman • Haynes • Hibbler • Hochberg • Hurd • Huvelle • Jordan • Katzmann • Kennelly • Linn • Lorenz • Lynn • Marrero • Murguia • Pannell • Pechman • Pepper • Phillips • Schreier • Stewart • Underhill • Ward • Williams • Wilson | ||
| 2000 |
Ambro • Antoon • Battani • Berzon • Bolton • Brady • Bye • Cavanaugh • Daniels • Darrah • Dawson • Dyk • Fuentes • Garaufis • Garcia-Gregory • Gregory • Hamilton • Huck • Hunt • Lawson • Lefkow • Lynch • Martin • McLaughlin • Moody • Murguia • Paez • Pisano • Presnell • Rawlinson • Reagan • Schiller • Singal • Steele • Surrick • Swain • Tallman • Teilborg • Tucker • Whittemore | ||
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