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| − | The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit presides in New Orleans, [[Louisiana]], over all appeals from federal district courts in [[Texas]], [[Louisiana]] and [[Mississippi]]. | + | The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which sits in New Orleans, [[Louisiana]], presides over all appeals from federal district courts in [[Texas]], [[Louisiana]] and [[Mississippi]]. |
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| | + | Its active judges are (as of Sept. 15, 2007): |
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| | + | *[[Edith Jones]] (appointed by President [[Ronald Reagan]]) |
| | + | *[[Carolyn Dineen King]] (appointed by President [[Jimmy Carter]]) |
| | + | *[[E. Grady Jolly]] (appointed by President [[Ronald Reagan]]) |
| | + | *[[W. Eugene Davis]] (appointed by President [[Ronald Reagan]]) |
| | + | *[[Jerry Edwin Smith]] (appointed by President [[Ronald Reagan]]) |
| | + | *[[Rhesa Hawkins Barksdale]] (appointed by President [[George H. W. Bush]]) |
| | + | *[[Jacques L. Wiener, Jr.]] (appointed by President [[George H. W. Bush]]) |
| | + | *[[Emilio M. Garza]] (appointed by President [[George H. W. Bush]]) |
| | + | *[[Fortunato Benavides]] (appointed by President [[Bill Clinton]]) |
| | + | *[[Carl E. Stewart]] (appointed by President [[Bill Clinton]]) |
| | + | *[[James L. Dennis]] (appointed by President [[Bill Clinton]]) |
| | + | *[[Edith Brown Clement]] (appointed by President [[George W. Bush]]) |
| | + | *[[Edward C. Prado]] (appointed by President [[George W. Bush]]) |
| | + | *[[Priscilla Owen]] (appointed by President [[George W. Bush]]) |
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| | + | The Republican appointments have a 10-4 advantage among active judges, who are the only ones allowed to vote for a rehearing [[en banc]]. Three seats are vacant. |
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| | + | The judges having senior status on the Fifth Circuit participate in panel decisions but may not participate in the voting or hearing of a decision [[en banc]]. The senior judges are (as of Sept. 15, 2007): |
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| | + | *[[Thomas Morrow Reavley]] (appointed by President [[Jimmy Carter]]) |
| | + | *[[William Lockhart Garwood]] (appointed by President [[Ronald Reagan]]) |
| | + | *[[Patrick Higginbotham]] (appointed by President [[Ronald Reagan]]) |
| | + | *[[John Malcolm Duhé, Jr.]] (appointed by President [[Ronald Reagan]]) |
| | + | *[[Harold R. DeMoss, Jr.]] (appointed by President [[George H. W. Bush]]) |
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