Walter Nixon
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Walter Nixon
Prior offices
United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
Education
Personal
Walter Louis Nixon, Jr. (b. 1928) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.
Nixon was nominated to the Southern District of Mississippi by President Lyndon Johnson on May 29, 1968, to a new seat created by 80 Stat. 75; he was confirmed by the Senate on June 6, 1968, and received commission the next day. From 1982-1989, he served as the chief judge. He served the Southern District of Mississippi until his impeachment and conviction on November 3, 1989.[1]
Early life and education
- Tulane Law School, J.D., 1951[1]
Professional career
- Private practice, Biloxi, Mississippi, 1952-1968
- U.S. Air Force, 1953-1955
- Private practice, Mississippi, 1993-1998
- Private practice, Lake Charles, Louisiana, 1998-[1]
Judicial career
Southern District of Mississippi
Nixon was nominated to the Southern District of Mississippi by President Lyndon Johnson on May 29, 1968, to a new seat created by 80 Stat. 75; he was confirmed by the Senate on June 6, 1968, and received commission the next day. From 1982-1989, he served as the chief judge. He served the Southern District of Mississippi until his impeachment and conviction on November 3, 1989.[1]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Judge Nixon's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center. Cite error: Invalid
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA-New Seat |
Southern District of Mississippi 1968–1989 Seat #3 |
Succeeded by: Charles Pickering |
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| 1964 |
Anderson • Bratton • Christie • Collins • Cowen • Davis • Ely • Freedman • Gordon • Higginbotham • McNichols • Muecke • Nichols • Port • Rabinovitz • Robinson • Simons • Suttle • Weber • Whelan • Zampano | |
| 1965 |
Bryant • Celebrezze • Coffin • Coleman • Collinson • Corcoran • Doyle • Eubanks • Fortas • Frankel • Gasch • Gibson • Gordon • Harris • Hemphill • Hill • Hunter • Landis • Langley • Leventhal • Maxwell • McEntee • Mehrtens • Nichol • Reynolds • Russell • Smith • Tamm • Thornberry • Young | |
| 1966 |
Ainsworth • Atkins • Boyle • Cabot • Cassibry • Copple • Craven • Cummings • Dyer • Fairchild • Feinberg • Ferguson • Fullam • Garrity • Godbold • Goldberg • Goodwin • Gray • Guinn • Harvey • Hauk • Heaney • Heebe • Hickey • Hogan • Kaufman • Kinneary • Krentzman • Lay • Leddy • Lord • Lynch • MacKenzie • Mansfield • McCree • McRae • Mitchell • Motley • Napoli • Nichols • Noland • Peck II • Peckham • Pettine • Pittman • Porter • Real • Roberts • Robinson • Robinson • Rubin • Russell • Scott • Seals • Seitz • Simpson • Singleton • Skelton • Smith • Smith • Taylor • Thomas • von der Heydt • Watson • Winter • Wise | |
| 1967 |
Arnow • Beckworth • Belloni • Butzner • Cancio • Carter • Clayton • Combs • Comiskey • Curtin • Eaton • Edenfield • Fernandez-Badillo • Gesell • Gordon • Jones • Keith • Kellam • Lambros • Maletz • Marshall • Masterson • Merhige • Morgan • Murray • Neville • Pollack • Pregerson • Theis • Troutman • Van Dusen • Waddy • Weiner • Weinstein • Whipple • Williams | |
| 1968 |
Aldisert • Baldwin • Bownes • Bright • Green • Gubow • Henderson • Holloway • Hufstedler • Judd • Justice • Keady • Kerner, Jr. • Lasker • Latchum • Lawrence • McMillan • Morgan • Newman • Nixon • Pratt • Re • Rosenstein • Schwartz • Smith • Stahl • Travia • Woodward |
