Emmett Ripley Cox

Personal

Birthday: 
1935
Birthplace: 
Cottonwood, AL
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Air National Guard, 1958-1964
Private practice, Birmingham, Alabama, 1959-1964
Private practice, Mobile, Alabama, 1964-1981

Education

Name of School: 
University of Alabama
Degree: 
A.B.
Degree Year: 
1957
Name of School - Second: 

University of Alabama School of Law

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Degree - Second: 
LL.B.
Degree Year - Second: 
1959

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama
Court Name: 

Alabama Southern District Court

President Nominating: 
Ronald Reagan
Party Affiliation of President: 
Republican
Commission Date: 
11/18/1981
Termination Date: 
4/25/1988
Termination Reason: 
Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Court Name - Second: 
U. S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Court Name - Second: 

Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Commission Date - Second: 
4/18/1988
Retirement from Active Service - Second: 
12/18/2000