John Minor Wisdom

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United States federal judge judge lawyer person

John Minor Wisdom was a prominent U.S. federal appellate judge renowned for his influential civil rights decisions on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

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instanceOf United States federal judge ⓘ
judge ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
person ⓘ
academicDegree Bachelor of Arts ⓘ
Bachelor of Laws ⓘ
awardReceived American Bar Association Medal ⓘ
Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
barAdmission Louisiana State Bar ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
continuedAs Senior judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1905-05-17 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1999-05-15 ⓘ
educatedAt Tulane University ⓘ
Tulane University ⓘ
surface form: Tulane University Law School
endTimeOfPosition 1977 ⓘ
familyName Wisdom ⓘ
fieldOfWork civil rights law ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
fullName John Minor Wisdom self-link ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
hasHonor John Minor Wisdom United States Court of Appeals Building ⓘ
surface form: United States Fifth Circuit courthouse in New Orleans named John Minor Wisdom United States Court of Appeals Building
honorificTitle Judge ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
legalPhilosophy judicial activism in support of civil rights ⓘ
memberOf United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Army ⓘ
namedAfter John Minor ⓘ
nominatedBy Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ
notableFor influential civil rights decisions ⓘ
jurisprudence on school desegregation ⓘ
jurisprudence on voting rights ⓘ
occupation judge ⓘ
jurist ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
placeOfBirth New Orleans, Louisiana, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath New Orleans, Louisiana, United States ⓘ
politicalParty Republican Party ⓘ
positionHeld Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ⓘ
religion Episcopalian ⓘ
residence New Orleans, Louisiana, United States ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Bonnie Howell Wisdom ⓘ
startTimeOfPosition 1957 ⓘ
startTimeOfSeniorStatus 1977 ⓘ
workLocation New Orleans, Louisiana, United States ⓘ

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John Minor Wisdom United States Court of Appeals Building → namedAfter → John Minor Wisdom ⓘ
John Minor Wisdom → fullName → John Minor Wisdom self-link ⓘ