Terry Means
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| Terry Means | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Position: | Seat #9 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | George H.W. Bush |
| Active: | 11/5/1991 - Current |
| Preceded by: | David Belew |
| Past post: | Texas Tenth District Court of Appeals, Justice |
| Past term: | 1989 - 1991 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1948 |
| Home State: | Roswell, NM |
| Bachelors: | Southern Methodist U., B.A., 1971 |
| Law School: | Southern Methodist U. School of Law, J.D., 1974 |
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Terry Means is an Article III federal judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. He joined the court in 1991 after being nominated by President George H.W. Bush.
Early life and education
Born in Roswell, New Mexico, Means graduated from Southern Methodist University in Dallas with his Bachelor's degree in 1971 and Juris Doctor degree in 1974.[1]
Professional career
Means was the owner of Means & Means based in Corsicana from 1975 to 1989. In 1989, Means was appointed by Texas Governor Bill Clements as an Appeals Judge for the Texas Court of Appeals in the Texas 10th Appellate District based in Waco from 1989 to 1991.[1]
Judicial career
Northern District of Texas
On the recommendation of Texas U.S. Senator Phil Gramm, Means was nominated to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas by President George H.W. Bush on July 24, 1991 to a seat vacated by David Belew, Jr. as Belew assumed senior status. Means was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on October 31, 1991 on a Senate vote and received commission on November 5, 1991.[2]
Notable cases
Kwame Kilpatrick case
Judge Means is the presiding judge involving Kwame and Calrita Kilpatrick. Calrita, the wife of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, asked Judge Means on April 20, 2010 to stop Wayne County, Michigan from seizing her assets in order to cover for $1.2 million dollars in restitution payments ordered in the case. The wife of the former Detroit mayor feels that she is not getting fair treatment in Michigan courts and that the assets are being taken without due process, including seizure of a $23,000 joint income tax refund[3].
Tarrant County College
Judge Means ruled on March 15, 2010, that Tarrant College County administrators violated students First Amendment rights in a empty holster protest in 2009.
The lawsuit came after students were blocked from holding a empty holster protest to advocate for students to have conceal-carry weapons on campus as a means to protect themselves. The judge found that the co-sponsorship provisions that the college required limits free speech, and as a result of the ruling the plaintiffs can recover legal fees from the college[4].
See also
- [[United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas]
External links
- Judge Means Home Page at the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- The Robing Room- Rate Judge Means
- Judge Means's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Judge Means's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
- ↑ "THOMAS" Terry Means USDC, NDTX confirmation:PN523-102
- ↑ Detroit Free-Press "Kilpatrick's wife wants money back", April 20, 2010
- ↑ Fort Worth Star-Telegram "Tarrant County College violated students' rights, federal judge rules", March 15, 2010
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: David Belew | Northern District of Texas 1991–Current Seat #9 | Succeeded by: NA |
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| 1989 |
Barksdale • Bonner • Buckwalter • Cyr • Fernandez • Garbis • Harmon • Lee • Lindberg • Lodge • Nelson • Nottingham • Plager • Rosen • Rymer • Smith • Spatt • Thomas • VanBebber • J. Walker • V. Walker • Wiener • Wright | ||
| 1990 |
Alito • Amon • Birch • Boudin • Cleland • Clevenger • Dubina • Hamilton • Henderson • Hood • Hornby • Jones • Kent • Levi • Loken • Lourie • Martin • McBryde • McClure • McKenna • McLaughlin • McNamee • Moreno • Mullen • Nelson • Nickerson • Niemeyer • Norton • Parker • Pickering • Rader • Rainey • Randolph • Shanstrom • Shedd • Shubb • Singleton • Skretny • Souter • Sparr • Stahl • Stamp • Suhrheinrich • Taylor • Vollmer • Ware • Wilson | ||
| 1991 |
Albritton • Andersen • Armstrong • Arnold • Bartle • Bassler • Batchelder • Beckwith • Belot • Benson • Blackburn • Bramlette • Brody • Brody • Burrell • Carnes • Caulfield • Cauthron • Clement • Collier • Conway • Cooper • Dalzell • DeMent • DeMoss • Doherty • Echols • Edmunds • Faber • Freeh • Gaitan • Garza • Graham • Haik • Hamilton • Hansen • Hendren • Herlong • Highsmith • Hogan • Huff • Hurley • Irenas • Johnson • Joyner • Kelly • Kleinfeld • Legg • Leonard • Lewis • Longstaff • Lungstrum • Luttig • Matia • McCalla • McDade • McKeague • McKelvie • Means • Merryday • Moore • Morgan • Nielsen • Nimmons • Osteen Sr. • Padova • Payne • Reinhard • Robinson • Robreno • Roll • Roth • Schlesinger • Scullin • Siler • Solis • Sotomayor • Sparks • Stohr • Thomas • Traxler • Trimble • Ungaro • Van Sickle • Wanger • Werlein • Whyte • Yohn | ||
| 1992 |
Baird • Barbadoro • Black • Boudin • Carnes • Covello • DiClerico • Gilbert • Gonzalez • Gorton • Hansen • Heyburn • Jackson • Jacobs • Keeley • Kendall • Kopf • Kyle • Lewis • McAuliffe • McLaughlin • Melloy • Preska • Quist • Randa • Rosenthal • Rovner • Schall • Sedwick • Simandle • Stahl • Vratil • Williams | ||
