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Richard Taylor Rives

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1951–1981

Richard Taylor Rives , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Richard Taylor Rives (January 15, 1895 – October 27, 1982) was an American lawyer and judge. A native of Alabama, he was the sole Democrat among the "Fifth Circuit Four," four United States circuit judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in the 1950s and 1960s that issued a series of decisions crucial in advancing the civil and political rights of African-Americans.

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Private practice, Montgomery, Alabama, 1914-1916, 1919-1951; U.S. Army, 1916-1919; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1959-1960

Biography

Richard Taylor Rives (January 15, 1895 – October 27, 1982) was an American lawyer and judge. A native of Alabama, he was the sole Democrat among the "Fifth Circuit Four," four United States circuit judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in the 1950s and 1960s that issued a series of decisions crucial in advancing the civil and political rights of African-Americans.

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