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John Cooper Godbold

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1966–1981

John Cooper Godbold , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. John Cooper Godbold (March 24, 1920 – December 22, 2009) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Education

  • Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University)B.S., 1940
  • Harvard Law SchoolJ.D., 1948

Career

U.S. Army major, Division Artillery Headquarters, 1941-1946; Private practice, Montgomery, Alabama, 1948-1966; Board member, Federal Judicial Center, 1976-1981; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1981-1986; Director, Federal Judicial Center, 1987-1990; Professor of law, Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, 1990-2009

Biography

John Cooper Godbold (March 24, 1920 – December 22, 2009) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

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