Thomas Reavley | |
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Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | |
In office July 13, 1979 – August 1, 1990 |
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Appointed by | Jimmy Carter |
Preceded by | Seat established |
Succeeded by | Emilio Garza |
Personal details | |
Born |
Quitman, Texas, U.S. |
June 21, 1921
Education |
University of Texas, Austin (BA) Harvard University (JD) University of Virginia (LLM) |
Thomas Morrow Reavley (born June 21, 1921) is a senior judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Reavley was born in Quitman, Texas in 1921. He received his B.A. from the University of Texas in 1942. While at the University of Texas, he was a member of the Tejas Club. After graduation, he served in the US Navy from 1942 to 1946. He then received his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1948. Reavley served as a state district judge in Austin, Texas from 1964 to 1968, and as a justice of the Supreme Court of Texas from 1968 to 1977. He was appointed to the Fifth Circuit by President Jimmy Carter in 1979, and took senior status in 1990. He is married to fellow Fifth Circuit judge Carolyn Dineen King.