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Emory Marlin Sneeden

Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

Born 1927 in Wilmington, NC

Died 1987 in Durham, NC

FJC ID: 2235

Emory Marlin Sneeden (May 30, 1927 – September 24, 1987) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Private practice, Washington, D.C.
    1981–1985, 1986–1987
  2. University of South Carolina School of Law
    Associate dean and lecturer · 1978–1982
  3. U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
    Counsel · 1975–1978, 1979–1981
    • chief counsel · 1981
  4. U.S. Army brigadier general
    1944–1975
    • enlisted service · 1944–1955
    • JAG Corps (retired as chief judge) · 1955–1975

Appointments

  1. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
    1984–1986 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
    Term ended: Resignation

Education

  1. Wake Forest College School of Law
    LL.B. · 1953
  2. Wake Forest College
    B.S. · 1949