John Robert Brown (Federal judge)

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John Brown

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Prior offices
United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit

Education

Bachelor's

George Washington University Law Center, 1939

Personal
Birthplace
Funk, Neb.

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This page is about the former U.S. Appellate Judge for the Fifth Circuit. For people with a similar name, see John Brown.

John Robert Brown (1909-1993) was a federal judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.

Brown was nominated by President Dwight Eisenhower on April 25, 1955, to a seat vacated by Robert Lee Russell; he was confirmed by the Senate on July 22, 1955, and received his commission on July 27th. He served as chief judge from 1967-1979. He assumed senior status on July 20, 1984, and served in that capacity until his death on January 23, 1993.[1]

A 1964 Time Magazine article on the Fifth Circuit titled "The Fascinating & Frenetic Fifth" gave this profile of Brown:

John R. Brown, 54, a native Nebraskan, who began practicing admiralty law in Houston in 1932. Also an Ike appointee (1955), Brown proved to be a surprisingly adept constitutional lawyer and such a firm believer in such things as jury duty that in 1960 he refused exemption from duty in a state court. Houston lawyers wryly rejected him because "a federal judge's idea of the requirements for a search warrant is a little different from ours."[2]

Education

  • University of Nebraska, A.B., 1930
  • University of Michigan Law School, J.D., 1932[1]

Professional career

  • U.S. Army Major, 1942-1946
  • Private practice, Houston and Galveston, Texas, 1932-1955[1]


Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Judge Brown's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
  2. ↑ Time Magazine, "Courts: The Fascinating & Frenetic Fifth," December 4, 1964
Political offices
Preceded by:
Robert Lee Russell 		Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
1955–1993 		Succeeded by:
Robert Madden Hill




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