Joe Estes
| Joe Estes | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas | |
| Title: | Former Chief Judge |
| Position: | Seat #3T |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Active: | 8/1/1955 - 7/1/1972 |
| Chief: | 1959 - 1972 |
| Senior: | 7/1/1972 - 10/24/1989 |
| Preceded by: | William Hawley Atwell |
| Succeeded by: | Eldon Mahon |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | October 24, 1903 |
| Home State: | Commerce, TX |
| Deceased: | October 24, 1989 |
| Law School: | U. of Texas, LL.B., 1927 |
| Military service: | U.S. Naval Reserve Lieutenant, 1942-1945 |
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Joe Ewing Estes (1903-1989) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
Estes was nominated to the Northern District of Texas by President Dwight Eisenhower on July 18, 1955, to a seat vacated by William H. Atwell; he was confirmed by the Senate on July 28, 1955, and received his commission on August 1, 1955. From 1959-1972 he served as the chief judge. He assumed senior status on July 1, 1972. He served the Northern District of Texas until his death on October 24, 1989.[1]
Early life and education
- University of Texas, LL.B., 1927[1]
Professional career
- Private practice, Commerce, Texas, 1928-1930
- Private practice, Fort Worth, Texas, 1930-1942
- U.S. Naval Reserve Lieutenant, 1942-1945
- Private practice, Dallas, Texas, 1946-1955[1]
Judicial career
Northern District of Texas
Estes was nominated to the Northern District of Texas by President Dwight Eisenhower on July 18, 1955, to a seat vacated by William H. Atwell; he was confirmed by the Senate on July 28, 1955, and received his commission on August 1, 1955. From 1959-1972 he served as the chief judge. He assumed senior status on July 1, 1972. He served the Northern District of Texas until his death on October 24, 1989.[1]
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Judge Estes's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: William Hawley Atwell |
Northern District of Texas 1955–1972 Seat #3T |
Succeeded by: Eldon Mahon |
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| 1953 |
Boldt • Bruchhausen • Cecil • Dawkins, Jr. • Grooms • Hamlin • Hoffman • Knoch • Schnackenberg • Warren • Willson | ||
| 1954 |
Aldrich • Anderson • Bastian • Bicks • Bootle • Boreman • Breitenstein • Brooks • Cecil • Chambers • Choate • Christensen • Connell • Danaher • Dawson • Day • Fee • Freeman • Halbert • Harlan • Hincks • Hoffman • Holder • Hunter • Ingraham • Laramore • Kent • Lemmon • Lord • McGarraghy • Mickelson • Miller • Palmieri • Parkinson • Rogers • Ross • Stewart • Taylor • Thomsen • Tuttle • Van Oosterhout • Vogel • Walsh • Whittaker • Wilson | ||
| 1955 |
Alger • Brown • Cameron • Clarke • Davies • Devitt • East • Estes • Grubb • Harlan • Jertberg • Jones • Lumbard • McIlvaine • Miller • Register • Sorg • Van Dusen • Waterman • Watkins • Wortendyke • Wright | ||
| 1956 |
Barnes • Bryan • Burger • Cashin • Hamley • Herlands • Johnson • Juergens • Kerr • Kraft • Levet • Lewis • Lieb • Mercer • Morgan • Rich • Rizley • Robinson • Smith • Sobeloff • Weick • Whittaker | ||
| 1957 |
Arraj • Breitenstein • Brennan • Egan • Gignoux • Grant • Hastings • Haynsworth • Hicklin • Jameson • Layton • Moore • O'Sullivan • Parkinson • Richardson • Sirica • Stanley • Thompson • Van Pelt • Weber • Whittaker • Wisdom • Zavatt | ||
| 1958 |
Beck • Burke • Carswell • Clayton • Hamlin • Henley • Jertberg • Knoch • Martin • Matthes • Miner • Morrill • Poos • Robson • Stanley • Steel • Stewart • Wollenberg | ||
| 1959 |
Aldrich • Bartels • Blackmun • Boreman • Butler • Castle • Cecil • Crocker • Dalton • Field • Fisher • Forman • Friendly • Hart • Henderson • Henley • Julian • Kalbfleisch • Kilkenny • Koelsch • Kunzel • MacMahon • Merrill • Metzner • Powell • Smith • Sweigert • Walsh • Weick • Weinman • Wood • Worley • Young | ||
| 1960 |
Caffrey • Chilson • Durfee • Hodge • Kaess • Lane • Lewis • Mishler • O'Sullivan • Paul • Smith • Stephenson • Tavares • Timbers | ||
