John Cooper Godbold

John Cooper Godbold (March 24, 1920 – December 22, 2009) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

John Cooper Godbold
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
In office
October 23, 1987  December 22, 2009
Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
In office
1981–1986
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byPaul Hitch Roney
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
In office
October 1, 1981  October 23, 1987
Appointed byoperation of law
Preceded bySeat established by 94 Stat. 1994
Succeeded byEmmett Ripley Cox
Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In office
1981–1981
Preceded byJames P. Coleman
Succeeded byCharles Clark
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In office
July 22, 1966  October 1, 1981
Appointed byLyndon B. Johnson
Preceded byRichard Rives
Succeeded bySeat abolished
Personal details
Born
John Cooper Godbold

(1920-03-04)March 4, 1920
Coy, Alabama
DiedDecember 22, 2009(2009-12-22) (aged 89)
Montgomery, Alabama
EducationAuburn University (BS)
Harvard Law School (JD)

Education and career

Born in Coy, Alabama, Godbold received a Bachelor of Science degree from Auburn University in 1940 and was a Major in the United States Army, Division Artillery Headquarters during World War II, from 1941 to 1946. He received a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1948, and was in private practice in Montgomery, Alabama from 1948 to 1966.[1]

Federal judicial service

Godbold was nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson on June 28, 1966, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated by Judge Richard Rives. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 22, 1966, and received his commission the same day. He served as a board member of the Federal Judicial Center from 1976 to 1981. He served as Chief Judge in 1981. He was reassigned by operation of law to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on October 1, 1981. He served as Chief Judge and a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 1981 to 1986. He assumed senior status on October 23, 1987. He was Director of the Federal Judicial Center from 1987 to 1990. His service terminated on December 22, 2009, due to his death in Montgomery.[1]

Other service

Concurrent with his federal judicial service, Godbold was a professor of law at the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University from 1990 until his death.[1]

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