William Holloway | |
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Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit | |
In office September 1984 – September 1991 |
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Preceded by | Oliver Seth |
Succeeded by | Monroe McKay |
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit | |
In office September 16, 1968 – May 31, 1992 |
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Appointed by | Lyndon Johnson |
Preceded by | Seat established |
Succeeded by | Robert Henry |
Personal details | |
Born |
William Judson Holloway Jr. June 23, 1923 Hugo, Oklahoma, United States |
Died | April 25, 2014 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States |
(aged 90)
Alma mater |
University of Oklahoma Harvard University |
William Judson Holloway Jr. (June 23, 1923 – April 25, 2014) was a federal judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and former chief judge of that court. He assumed senior status on May 31, 1992 and died on April 25, 2014.
Born in Hugo, Oklahoma, Holloway was in the United States Army during World War II, from 1943 to 1946. He received an A.B. from the University of Oklahoma in 1947 and an LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1950. He was in private practice in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from 1950 to 1951. He was an Attorney, General Litigation Section, Claims Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. from 1951 to 1952. He was in private practice in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from 1952 to 1968.
Holloway was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Holloway was nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson on August 2, 1968, to a new seat created by 82 Stat. 184. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 13, 1968, and received his commission on September 16, 1968. He served as chief judge from 1984-1991. He assumed senior status on May 31, 1992. Holloway died of a respiratory ailment on April 25, 2014 in Oklahoma City.