Thomas Morrow Reavley

Thomas Reavley
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In office July 13, 1979 – August 1, 1990
Appointed by	Jimmy Carter
Preceded by	Seat established
Succeeded by	Emilio Garza
Personal details
Born	(1921-06-21) June 21, 1921 Quitman, Texas, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Texas, Austin Harvard University University of Virginia

Thomas Morrow Reavley (born June 21, 1921) is a senior judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Biography

Reavley was born in Quitman, Texas in 1921. He received his B.A. degree from University of Texas in 1942. After graduation, he joined the US Navy from 1942 to 1946. He then received his J.D degree 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.

Sources

• Thomas Morrow Reavley at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
• University of Texas Law Library biography