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| Paul Roney | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | |
| Title: | Former Judge |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Richard Nixon |
| Active: | 10/1/1981 - 10/1/1989 |
| Chief: | 1986-1989 |
| Senior: | 10/1/1989 - 9/16/2006 |
| Past post: | Fifth Circuit |
| Past term: | 1970-1981 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 9/15/1921 |
| Deceased: | 11/16/2006 |
| Bachelors: | U. of Pennsylvania '42 |
| Law School: | Harvard Law '48 |
| Grad. School: | U. of Virginia Law '84 |
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Paul Hitch Roney {b. September 5, 1921 d. September 16, 2006} was a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Education
- St. Petersburg Junior College, A.A., 1940
- University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business, B.S., 1942
- Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1948
- University of Virginia School of Law, L.L.M., 1984 [1]
Professional career
- U.S. Army Staff Sergeant, 1942-1946
- Private practice, New York City, 1948-1950
- Private practice, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1950-1970
- Lecturer, Stetson College of Law, 1957, 1965, 1966 [1]
Federal judicial career
Fifth Circuit
Judge Roney was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by Richard Nixon on October 7, 1970, to a seat vacated by George Carswell; Confirmed by the Senate on October 13, 1970, and received commission on October 16, 1970. On October 1, 1981 he was reassigned to the Eleventh Circuit. [1]
Eleventh Circuit
Roney was reassigned from the Fifth Circuit to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on October 1, 1981. He served as chief judge from 1986-1989. Assumed senior status on October 1, 1989 and served in that capacity until his death on September 16, 2006. [1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Judge Roney Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: George Carswell |
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals 1970–1981 |
Succeeded by: [[]] |
| Preceded by: NA - reassigned |
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals 1981–2006 |
Succeeded by: Rosemary Barkett |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Joel Dubina • Adalberto Jordan • Stanley Marcus • Beverly Martin • Gerald Tjoflat • Frank Hull • Charles Wilson • Rosemary Barkett • William Pryor • Edward Carnes | ||
| Senior judges |
Peter Fay • Robert Lanier Anderson • Phyllis Kravitch • James L. Edmondson • Emmett Cox • Susan Black • James Hill • | ||
| Former judges | John Godbold • Joseph Hatchett • Albert Henderson • Paul Roney • David Dyer • Elbert Tuttle • Thomas Clark • Richard Rives • Robert Vance • Lewis Morgan • Stanley Birch • Warren Leroy Jones • John Bryan Simpson • Frank M. Johnson, Jr. • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
John Godbold • Robert Lanier Anderson • Gerald Tjoflat • Joseph Hatchett • James L. Edmondson • Paul Roney • | ||
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 |
Adams • Barlow • Battin • Brooks • Burger • Carswell • Clark • Garth • Gibbons • Goodwin • Hannum • Herman • Ingraham • Kilkenny • Lane • Levin • MacKinnon • McFadden • Middlebrooks • Parker • Robb • Trask • Widener • Wilkins • Williams • Wright | ||
| 1970 |
Becker • Blackmun • Bogue • Bratcher • Bue • Conti • Cox • Ditter • Dupree • Eisele • Engel • Fay • Feikens • Fisher • Frey • Gorbey • Hill • Huyett • Kelleher • Kennedy • Kent • King • Kitchen • Knapp • Knox • Krupansky • McCune • McGarr • McWilliams • Mechem • J. Miller • W. Miller • Morton • Moye • Muir • O'Kelley • Oakes • Pell • Pointer • Pratt • Roney • Rosenn • Ross • Schnacke • Scott • Stapleton • Steger • Stevens • Teitelbaum • Thompson • Tjoflat • Toledo • Turrentine • Urbom • VanArtsdalen • Walinski • Wallace • Wangelin • Webster • Weis • Wellford • Wilkey • Winner • Wood | ||
| 1971 |
Alaimo • Allen • A. Anderson • J. Anderson • Barrett • Bauer • Bauman • Benson • Blair • Blatt • Boe • Brieant • Broderick • Bryan Jr. • Byrne • Campbell • Chapman • Choy • Contie • Costantino • DeMascio • Denney • Dier • Doyle • Field • Finesilver • Flannery • Freeman • Gagliardi • Goodwin • Gordon • Green • Gurfein • Hall • Hand • Hodges • Holden • Hunter • Kunzig • Lacey • Lucas • Lydick • Mansfield • McGovern • McLaren • McMillen • Mulligan • Murray • Neaher • Newcomer • Newman • Nielsen • O'Connor • Oakes • Pierce • Powell • Rehnquist • Renfrew • Richey • Rosen • Rubin • Russell • Scalera • Sharp • Sprecher • Stephenson • Stuart • Timbers • Tone • Sickle • Varner • R. West • Williams • Young | ||
| 1972 |
Bechtle • Bennett • Burns • Campbell • Carter • Coffrin • Duffy • Enright • Foreman • Freedman • Griesa • Hermansdorfer • Joiner • Kashiwa • King • Knapp • Lively • Mahon • Markey • Neill • Owens • Pesquera • Roettger • Skopil, Jr. • Stewart • Tauro • Turk • Wallace • H. Ward • R. Ward • Widener | ||
| 1973 |
Biunno • Conner • Engel • Fogel • Garth • Gee • Guin • Hancock • Harvey • Marshall • Miller • Nangle • Owen • Reed • Schatz • Sharp • Skinner • Sneed • Snyder • Stern • Webster • Weis • Wood | ||
| 1974 |
Alsop • Duncan • Firth • Gurfein • Hill • Matsch • McGlynn • Meanor • Miles • Morris • Orrick • Platt • Porter • Schwartz • Stagg • Tone • Voorhees • Warren • Warriner • Werker | ||
