United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

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The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit is a federal appellate court. It has appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:

The court is composed of seventeen active judges and is based at the John Minor Wisdom U.S. Courthouse in New Orleans. It is one of thirteen United States courts of appeal.

Judges

Chief judge

Article III judges

See: Article III federal judge

Senior judges

See: Federal judges on senior status

Notable rulings

Dennis wrote the opinion in the case Avinash Rangra; Anna Monclova v. Frank D. Brown, concerning the application of First Amendment rights within the context of the Texas Open Meetings law. The case was appealed from the Western District of Texas, where it was ruled that "the First Amendment affords absolutely no protection to speech by elected officials made pursuant to their official duties". Dennis, along with Judges Jacques Wiener, Jr. and Rhesa Barksdale disagreed, and sent the case back to the trial court for review. They suggested that the "trial court had not properly considered whether the statute was constitutional". [1] [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Avinash Rangra; Anna Monclova v. Frank D. Brown opinion
  2. ↑ RCFP Blog "Open meetings law may be unconstitutional, court rules" April 30, 2009
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Federal judges who have served the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Active judges

Chief Judge: Edith Jones • Benavides • Clement • Davis • Dennis • Elrod • Emilio Garza • Haynes • Jolly • Owen • Prado • Smith • Southwick • Stewart • Wiener • Vacancy

Senior judges

Barksdale • DeMoss • Duhe • Garwood • Higginbotham • King • Reavley

Former judges

Ainsworth • Anderson • Batts • Bell • Borah • Brown • Bryan • Cameron • Carswell • Clayton • Charles Clark • Thomas Clark • Coleman • Dyer • Fay • Foster • Reynaldo Garza • Gee • Gewin • Godbold • Goldberg • Hatchett • Henderson • Hill • Robert Hill • Holmes • Hutcheson • Ingraham • Frank Johnson • Samuel Johnson • Jones • King • Kravitch • Lee • McCormick • McCord • Morgan • Pardee • Parker • Pickering • Politz • Rives • Roney • Rubin • Russell • Shelby • Sibley • Simpson • Strum • Tate • Thornberry • Tjoflat • Tuttle • Vance • Walker • Waller • Williams • Wisdom

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