Lucius Bunton
Lucius Desha Bunton III (1924-2001) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.
Bunton was nominated to the Western District of Texas by President Jimmy Carter on October 11, 1979, to a seat vacated by John Wood; he was confirmed by the Senate on November 26, 1979, and received commission the next day. From 1987-1992, he served as the chief judge. He assumed senior status on December 1, 1992. He served the Western District of Texas until his death on January 17, 2001.[1] Bunton was succeeded in this position by David Briones.
Early life and education
- University of Texas, B.A., 1947
- University of Texas School of Law, J.D., 1950[1]
Professional career
- U.S. Army Private, 76th Infantry Division, 1943-1946
- Private practice, Uvalde, Texas, 1950-1951
- Private practice, Marfa, Texas, 1951-1954
- District attorney, 83rd Judicial District of Texas, 1954-1960
- Private practice, Odessa, Texas, 1960-1979[1]
Judicial career
Western District of Texas
Bunton was nominated to the Western District of Texas by President Jimmy Carter on October 11, 1979, to a seat vacated by John Wood; he was confirmed by the Senate on November 26, 1979, and received commission the next day. From 1987-1992, he served as the chief judge. He assumed senior status on December 1, 1992. He served the Western District of Texas until his death on January 17, 2001.[1] Bunton was succeeded in this position by David Briones.
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Judge Bunton's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: John Wood |
Western District of Texas 1979–1992 Seat #5 |
Succeeded by: David Briones
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| 1977 |
Ballantine • Bownes • Boyle • Bua • Carr • Clark • Cowan • Daly • Filippine • Higginbotham • Hoeveler • Hug • Johnstone • Kane • Keith • Leval • Logan • MacLaughlin • McKay • Melton • Merritt • Murphy • Nickerson • Oberdorfer • Roszkowski • Roy • Rubin • Sifton • Tang • Vance • Veron | ||
| 1978 |
Arnold • Baker • Boyle • Burns • Campos • Claiborne • Collins • Cook • Devine • Diamond • Duplantier • Edenfield • Friedman • Gonzalez • Greene • Jenkins • Lowe • Mazzone • McMillian • O'Brien • Pfaelzer • Phillips • Pollak • Sand • Shapiro • Simmons • Smith • Sweet • Tanner • Wiseman • Ziegler | ||
| 1979 |
Ackerman • Alarcon • Anderson • Arceneaux • Arnold • Aspen • Beatty • Beer • Belew • Bertelsman • Bilby • N. Black • S. Black • Bloch • Bowen • Brett • Brooks • Brown • Buchmeyer • Bunton • Burciaga • Cabranes • Carr • Carrigan • Castagna • Cire • Clark • Cohn • Conaboy • Cordova • Crabb • Cudahy • Davis • DeAnda • Debevoise • Edwards • Eginton • Ellison • Enslen • O. Evans • T. Evans • Farris • Ferguson • Fletcher • Frye • Garcia • Garza • B. Gibson • H. Gibson • Gierbolini-Ortiz • Giles • Gilliam • Green • Hall • Hastings • Hatchett • Hatfield • Hatter • Hawkins • Henderson • Higby • Hillman • Houck • Howard • Hudspeth • Hungate • F. Johnson • S. Johnson • N. Jones • S. Jones • Karlton • Kazen • Kearse • Keeton • Kehoe • Kennedy • Kidd • King • Kravitch • Loughlin • Martin • McCurn • McDonald • McNaught • McNichols • Mikva • Mitchell • Moran • Murnaghan • Murphy • D. Nelson • D.W. Nelson • Newblatt • Newman • Overton • Paine • Panner • J. Parker • R. Parker • Penn • Perez-Gimenez • Perry • Politz • Poole • Porter • Pregerson • Price • Rambo • Ramirez • Reavley • Redden • E. Reed • S. Reed • Reinhardt • Renner • Robinson • Rothstein • Sachs • Saffels • Sanders • Sarokin • Schroeder • Schwartz • Seay • Senter • Seymour • Shannon • Shaw • Shoob • Skopil • Sloviter • Sofaer • Spellman • Sprouse • Staker • Tate • Taylor • Thompson • Tidwell • Unthank • Vietor • Vining • Wald • Ward • Weinshienk • West • Wicker • Williams • Winder • Woods • Wright • Zobel | ||
| 1980 |
Aguilar • Aldrich • Anderson • Boochever • Breyer • Britt • Cahill • Canby • Carroll • Cerezo • Clemon • S. Ervin • R. Erwin • Getzendanner • Gilmore • Ginsburg • Haltom • Hardy • Henderson • Hobbs • Holschuh • Horton • Howard • Johnson • Keep • Kelly • Kenyon • Kocoras • Marquez • Marshall • Michael • Nixon • Norris • Patel • Polozola • Propst • Quackenbush • Ramsey • Rice • Shadur • Spiegel • Tashima • Thompson • Vela • White • Williams | ||
| 1981 | |||
