Charles Clark (September 12, 1925 – March 6, 2011) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He is, as of 2019, the highest ranking judicial official from Mississippi since Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II served on the United States Supreme Court in 1893.
Charles Clark
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Born 1925 in Memphis, TN
Died 2011
FJC ID: 437
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 11/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 227/year
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1969–1992
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 1982–1991
- Private practice, Jackson, Mississippi1946–1951, 1953–1969
- U.S. Naval Reserve lieutenant1951–1952
- U.S. Naval Reserve ensign1943–1946
Appointments
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth CircuitChief Judge1969–1992 · Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (Republican)Term ended: Retirement
Education
LL.B. · 1948