Robert Keeton
| Robert Keeton | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| District of Massachusetts | |
| Title: | Former Judge |
| Position: | Seat #7 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Jimmy Carter |
| Active: | 3/23/1979 - 2/28/2003 |
| Senior: | 2/28/2003 - 9/8/2006 |
| Preceded by: | 92 Stat. 1629 |
| Succeeded by: | Dennis Saylor |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | December 16, 1919 |
| Home State: | Clarksville, TX |
| Deceased: | July 1, 2007 |
| Bachelors: | Texas U., B.B.A., 1940 |
| Law School: | Texas U. Law, LL.B., 1941, Harvard Law, S.J.D., 1956 |
Contents |
Early life and education
- University of Texas, B.B.A., 1940
- University of Texas School of Law, LL.B., 1941
- Harvard Law School, S.J.D., 1956[1]
Military service
Keeton served in the United States Naval Reserve as a Lieutenant from 1942-1945.[1]
Professional career
- Private practice, Houston, Texas, 1941-1942
- Private practice, Houston, Texas, 1945-1951
- Associate professor, Southern Methodist University, 1951-1953
- Faculty, Harvard University, 1953-1979
- Assistant professor, 1954-1956
- Professor of law, 1956-197
- Langdell professor of law, 1973-1979
- Associate dean, 1975-1979
- Director, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 1971-1979[1]
Judicial career
District of Massachusetts
President Jimmy Carter nominated Keeton on January 25, 1979, to a new seat created by 92 Stat. 1629; he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on March 21, 1979, and received commission on March 23. He assumed senior status on February 28, 2003. He retired on September 8, 2006, and died on July 1, 2007. Keeton was succeeded in this position by Dennis Saylor.[1]
See also
External links
- Biography at the Federal Judicial Center.
References
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA - new seat |
District of Massachusetts 1979–2003 Seat #7 |
Succeeded by: Dennis Saylor |
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| 1977 |
Ballantine • Bownes • Boyle • Bua • Carr • Clark • Cowan • Daly • Filippine • Higginbotham • Hoeveler • Hug • Johnstone • Kane • Keith • Leval • Logan • MacLaughlin • McKay • Melton • Merritt • Murphy • Nickerson • Oberdorfer • Roszkowski • Roy • Rubin • Sifton • Tang • Vance • Veron | ||
| 1978 |
Arnold • Baker • Boyle • Burns • Campos • Claiborne • Collins • Cook • Devine • Diamond • Duplantier • Edenfield • Friedman • Gonzalez • Greene • Jenkins • Lowe • Mazzone • McMillian • O'Brien • Pfaelzer • Phillips • Pollak • Sand • Shapiro • Simmons • Smith • Sweet • Tanner • Wiseman • Ziegler | ||
| 1979 |
Ackerman • Alarcon • Anderson • Arceneaux • Arnold • Aspen • Beatty • Beer • Belew • Bertelsman • Bilby • N. Black • S. Black • Bloch • Bowen • Brett • Brooks • Brown • Buchmeyer • Bunton • Burciaga • Cabranes • Carr • Carrigan • Castagna • Cire • Clark • Cohn • Conaboy • Cordova • Crabb • Cudahy • Davis • DeAnda • Debevoise • Edwards • Eginton • Ellison • Enslen • O. Evans • T. Evans • Farris • Ferguson • Fletcher • Frye • Garcia • Garza • B. Gibson • H. Gibson • Gierbolini-Ortiz • Giles • Gilliam • Green • Hall • Hastings • Hatchett • Hatfield • Hatter • Hawkins • Henderson • Higby • Hillman • Houck • Howard • Hudspeth • Hungate • F. Johnson • S. Johnson • N. Jones • S. Jones • Karlton • Kazen • Kearse • Keeton • Kehoe • Kennedy • Kidd • King • Kravitch • Loughlin • Martin • McCurn • McDonald • McNaught • McNichols • Mikva • Mitchell • Moran • Murnaghan • Murphy • D. Nelson • D.W. Nelson • Newblatt • Newman • Overton • Paine • Panner • J. Parker • R. Parker • Penn • Perez-Gimenez • Perry • Politz • Poole • Porter • Pregerson • Price • Rambo • Ramirez • Reavley • Redden • E. Reed • S. Reed • Reinhardt • Renner • Robinson • Rothstein • Sachs • Saffels • Sanders • Sarokin • Schroeder • Schwartz • Seay • Senter • Seymour • Shannon • Shaw • Shoob • Skopil • Sloviter • Sofaer • Spellman • Sprouse • Staker • Tate • Taylor • Thompson • Tidwell • Unthank • Vietor • Vining • Wald • Ward • Weinshienk • West • Wicker • Williams • Winder • Woods • Wright • Zobel | ||
| 1980 |
Aguilar • Aldrich • Anderson • Boochever • Breyer • Britt • Cahill • Canby • Carroll • Cerezo • Clemon • S. Ervin • R. Erwin • Getzendanner • Gilmore • Ginsburg • Haltom • Hardy • Henderson • Hobbs • Holschuh • Horton • Howard • Johnson • Keep • Kelly • Kenyon • Kocoras • Marquez • Marshall • Michael • Nixon • Norris • Patel • Polozola • Propst • Quackenbush • Ramsey • Rice • Shadur • Spiegel • Tashima • Thompson • Vela • White • Williams | ||
| 1981 | |||
