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Line 1: − + − Its active judges are (as of Sept. 15, 2007):+ + − *[[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]]) − − 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. − − 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): − − *[[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]]) −
added info; judge list is out of date and too difficult to maintain
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]].
The '''United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit''' is an intermediate federal appellate court based in [[New Orleans]], Louisiana. It hears appeals from federal district courts in [[Texas]], [[Louisiana]] and [[Mississippi]]. Notable former Third Circuit judges include [[Griffin Bell]], who later served as [[U.S. Attorney General]] during the [[Jimmy Carter|Carter]] administration. In 1981, the circuit split in two, with [[Alabama]], [[Florida]] and [[Georgia]], which had formerly been part of the Fifth Circuit's jurisdiction being split away to form the new [[Eleventh Circuit]].
==External Links==
*[http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/ Official website]
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