John Gibson
| John Gibson | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | |
| Title: | Senior Judge(Inactive) |
| Station: | Kansas City, MO |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Ronald Reagan |
| Active: | 3/9/1982 - 1/1/1994 |
| Senior: | 1/1/1994-Current |
| Preceded by: | Floyd Gibson |
| Past post: | Western District of Missouri |
| Past term: | 1981-1982 |
| Past position: | Seat #5 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1925 |
| Home State: | Springfield, MO |
| Bachelors: | U. of Missouri '49 |
| Law School: | U. of Missouri Law '52 |
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John R. Gibson (b. 1925) was an Article III Federal Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. He joined the Eighth Circuit in 1982 after being nominated by President Ronald Reagan.
Early life and education
Born in Springfield, Missouri, Gibson was a Sergeant in the U.S. Army from 1944 to 1946. Gibson received a Bachelor's degree from the University of Missouri Columbia in 1949 and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Missouri Columbia School of Law in 1952. [1]
Professional career
Gibson was a private practice attorney in Kansas City, Missouri from 1952 to 1981.[1]
Judicial career
Western District Court of Missouri
Gibson was nominated to the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri by President Ronald Reagan on July 9, 1981, to a seat vacated by Elmo B. Hunter. Gibson was confirmed by the Senate on September 16, 1981, and received commission on September 19, 1981. He served the Western District of Missouri until he was elevated to the Eighth Circuit on March 30, 1982.[1] Gibson was succeeded in this position by Ross Roberts.
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
Gibson was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit by President Ronald Reagan on February 2, 1982, to a seat vacated by Floyd Gibson. Gibson was confirmed by the Senate on March 4, 1982, and received commission on March 9, 1982. He assumed senior status on January 1, 1994. [1]
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| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Elmo B. Hunter |
Western District of Missouri 1981–1982 Seat #5 |
Succeeded by: Ross Roberts |
| Preceded by: Floyd Gibson |
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals 1982–present |
Succeeded by: Diana Murphy |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Fernando Gaitan • Rodney Sippel • David Kays • Gary Fenner • Brian C. Wimes • Mary Elizabeth Phillips | ||
| Senior judges |
Nanette Laughrey • Ortrie Smith • Dean Whipple • Scott Wright • Howard Sachs • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Sarah Hays • Robert Larsen • John Maughmer • James England • Matt Whitworth • David P. Rush • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Stephen N. Limbaugh, Sr. • Robert William Wells • John Gibson • Arnold Krekel • John Finis Philips • Arba Seymour Van Valkenburgh • Albert Reeves • Merrill Otis • John Collet • Richard Dorr • William Collinson • Richard Duncan • Joseph Stevens • Harris Wangelin • Brook Bartlett • William Becker • Russell Clark • Floyd Gibson • Albert Ridge • Charles Whittaker • Elmo Hunter • John Oliver • Ross Roberts • Randle Smith • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Dean Whipple • Scott Wright • Howard Sachs • Albert Reeves • Richard Duncan • Joseph Stevens • Brook Bartlett • William Becker • Russell Clark • Floyd Gibson • Albert Ridge • Elmo Hunter • John Oliver • Randle Smith • | ||
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| 1981 |
Bartlett • Beam • Becker • Bork • Cacheris • Cardamone • Chapman • Coughenour • Cox • Crow • Cyr • Doumar • Eschbach • Forrester • Garwood • Gibson • Glasser • Hall • Hamilton • Head • Jones • Kiser • Krenzler • Lee • Magnuson • McLaughlin • Miner • Moore • Nowlin • O'Connor • Pierce • Posner • Potter • Russell • Ryan • Shabaz • Sprizzo • Stevens • Waters • Wilhoit • Wilkins • Winter | ||
| 1982 |
Acker • Acosta • Altimari • Bell • Bissell • Black • Bullock • Caldwell • Coffey • Contie • Coyle • Dowd • Fagg • Fong • Fox • Gadbois • Gibson • Ginsburg • Hart • Higginbotham • Hogan • Irving • Jackson • Jolly • Kanne • Kovachevich • Krupansky • Lynch • Mansmann • McNamara • Mencer • Mentz • Mihm • Moody • Nordberg • Paul • Pieras • Plunkett • Porfilio • Potter • Pratt • Rafeedie • Restani • Roberts • Scalia • Selya • Telesca • Wellford | ||
| 1983 |
Baldock • Barbour • Barry • Bowman • Carman • Carter • Curran • Davis • Dorsey • Feldman • Fish • Flaum • Gibbons • Hallanan • Harris • Hinojosa • Hull • Hupp • Katz • Keenan • Kelly • Kram • Laffitte • Limbaugh, Sr. • Limbaugh, Sr. • Milburn • Nesbitt • Nevas • O'Neill • Rymer • Sharp • Starr • Vinson • Vukasin • Wexler • Woods | ||
| 1984 |
Barker • Beezer • Biggers • Billings • Bissell • Boyle • Brewster • Browning • DiCarlo • Duhe • Garcia • George • Hall • Hargrove • Higgins • Hill • Holland • Ideman • Jarvis • Keller • Leavy • Lee • Legge • Leisure • Little • Livaudais • Longobardi • McKibben • Milburn • Newman • Norgle • Prado • Rea • Rosenblatt • Rovner • Scirica • Smith, Jr. • Sneeden • Stotler • Suhrheinrich • Torruella • Wiggins • Wilkinson | ||
| 1985 |
Alley • Altimari • Anderson • Aquilino • Archer • Arnold • Baldock • Batchelder • Battey • Broomfield • Brown • Brown • Brunetti • Buckley • Cobb • Conmy • Cowen • Davidson • Dimmick • Duff • Easterbrook • Edgar • Farnan • Fernandez • Fitzpatrick • Fuste • Greene • Gunn • Guy • Hall • Hilton • Holderman • Hughes • Johnson • Jones • Korman • Kozinski • La Plata • Leinenweber • Letts • Lovell • Ludwig • Maloney • Mansmann • Marcus • McDonald • Meredith • Miller • Mills • Miner • Motz • Nelson • Noonan • Porfilio • Revercomb • Rhoades • Ripple • Rodriguez • Rosenbaum • Roth • Ryan • Sam • Scott • Sentelle • Silberman • Sporkin • Stanton • Stapleton • Strand • Strom • Tacha • Tevrizian • Thompson • Todd • Tsoucalas • Walker • Walter • Weber • Williams • Wilson • Wingate • Wolf • Wollman • Young • Zloch | ||
| 1986 |
Anderson • Boggs • Bryan • Cedarbaum • Cholakis • Conway • Davies • Dearie • Dubina • Duggan • Edmondson • Fawsett • Fitzwater • Gex • Graham • Hackett • Hansen • Henderson • Hittner • Howard • Jensen • Kay • Kleinfeld • Kosik • Lagueux • Lechner • Magill • Mahoney • Manion • McAvoy • McQuade • Norris • O'Scannlain • Rehnquist • Ryskamp • Scalia • Selya • Simpson • Smalkin • Spencer • Stiehl • Wilkins • Williams • Woodlock • Zatkoff | ||
| 1987 |
Alesia • Beam • Bell • Conboy • Cowen • Cummings • Daronco • Doty • Dwyer • Ebel • Ellis • Gadola • Gawthrop • Greenberg • Harrington • Howard • Hoyt • Hutchinson • Kanne • Kelly • Larimer • Leavy • Lew • Marsh • Mayer • McKinney • Michel • Mukasey • Musgrave • Niemeyer • Parker • Phillips • Politan • Pro • Raggi • Reasoner • Reed • Scirica • Sentelle • Smith • Smith • Stadtmueller • Standish • Tinder • Torres • Trott • Turner • Van Antwerpen • Voorhees • Webb • Whipple • Wolin • Wolle • Wood • Zagel | ||
| 1988 |
Arcara • Babcock • Brorby • Butler • Cambridge • Camp • Conlon • Cox • Dubois • Duhe • Ezra • Forester • Friedman • Garza • Hutton • Jordan • Kennedy • Lake • Lamberth • Lifland • Lozano • Marovich • Nygaard • Patterson • Schell • Smith • Smith • Tilley • Waldman • Zilly | ||
