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Morris Sheppard Arnold
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Senior status since October 9, 2006.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush
- Nominated
- November 6, 1991
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- May 14, 1992
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), May 21, 1992
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- May 21, 1992
- Commissioned
- May 26, 1992
- Senior status
- Since October 9, 2006
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1941, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Earlier federal judicial service
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas. Appointed by Ronald Reagan; commissioned ; confirmed by voice vote. Service ended June 1, 1992: Appointment to Another Judicial Position.
Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Private practice, Texarkana, Arkansas, 1968
- Teaching fellow in law, Harvard University, 1969-1970
- Professor, Indiana University School of Law, 1971-1977
- Vice president, University of Pennsylvania/professor, University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1977-1981
- Professor, University of Arkansas School of Law, 1981-1984
- Private practice, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1981-1984
- Special chief justice, Arkansas Supreme Court, 1982
- Special master, Chancery Court of Pulaski County, Arkansas, 1983
- Professor, University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1984-1985
- Visiting professor, Stanford University School of Law, 1985
- Dean, Indiana University School of Law, 1985
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