Morris S. Arnold
Morris S. Arnold | |
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Presiding Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review | |
In office May 19, 2012 – August 31, 2013 | |
Appointed by | John Roberts |
Preceded by | Bruce M. Selya |
Succeeded by | William Curtis Bryson |
Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review | |
In office May 19, 2008 – May 19, 2012 | |
Appointed by | John Roberts |
Preceded by | Bruce M. Selya |
Succeeded by | José A. Cabranes |
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | |
Assumed office October 9, 2006 | |
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | |
In office May 26, 1992 – October 9, 2006 | |
Appointed by | George H. W. Bush |
Preceded by | Donald P. Lay |
Succeeded by | Bobby Shepherd |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas | |
In office December 17, 1985 – June 1, 1992 | |
Appointed by | Ronald Reagan |
Preceded by | Seat established by 98 Stat. 333 |
Succeeded by | Harry F. Barnes |
Personal details | |
Born | Morris Sheppard Arnold October 8, 1941[1] Texarkana, Texas |
Education | University of Arkansas (BSEE) University of Arkansas School of Law (LLB) Harvard Law School (LLM, SJD) |
Morris Sheppard Arnold (born October 8, 1941) is a Senior United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and previously was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas.
Education and career[]
Born in 1941, in Texarkana, Texas,[2] Arnold received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering degree in 1965 from the University of Arkansas, a Bachelor of Laws in 1968 from the University of Arkansas School of Law, a Master of Laws in 1969 from Harvard Law School and a Doctor of Juridical Science in 1971 from the same institution.[2] He entered private practice in Texarkana, Arkansas in 1968.[2] He was a teaching fellow in law at Harvard University from 1969 to 1970.[2] He was a Professor at Indiana University Maurer School of Law from 1971 to 1977.[2] He was Vice President of the University of Pennsylvania and a Professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School from 1977 to 1981.[2] He was a Professor at the William H. Bowen School of Law from 1981 to 1984.[2] He returned to private practice in Little Rock, Arkansas from 1981 to 1984.[2] He was Special Chief Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court in 1982.[2] He was a Special Master for the Chancery Court of Pulaski County, Arkansas in 1983.[2] He was a Professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School from 1984 to 1985.[2] He was a Visiting Professor at Stanford Law School in 1985.[2] He was Dean of the Indiana University Maurer School of Law in 1985.[2]
Federal judicial service[]
Arnold was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on October 23, 1985, to the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, to a new seat authorized by 98 Stat. 333.[2] He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 16, 1985, and received his commission on December 17, 1985.[2] His service terminated on June 1, 1992, due to his elevation to the Eighth Circuit.[2]
Arnold was nominated by President George H. W. Bush on November 6, 1991, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit vacated by Judge Donald P. Lay.[2] He was confirmed by the Senate on May 21, 1992, and received his commission on May 26, 1992.[2] He assumed senior status on October 9, 2006.[2] He served as a Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review from 2008 to 2013, serving as Presiding Judge from 2012 to 2013.[2]
References[]
Sources[]
- Morris Sheppard Arnold at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- 1941 births
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