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Lewis Render Morgan

Lewis Render Morgan

Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Born 1913 in LaGrange, GA

Died 2001 in LaGrange, GA

FJC ID: 1687

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 19/year

Georgia Northern District Court · 1961–1968Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1968–1981Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1981–200119611980200020202025190
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 407/year

Georgia Northern District Court · 1961–1968Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1968–1981Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1981–2001196119802000202020254070
citing decisions

Georgia Northern District Court · 1961–1968Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1968–1981Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1981–2001

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.

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Lewis Render Morgan (July 14, 1913 – November 15, 2001) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Private practice, La Grange, Georgia
    1935–1961
  2. Troup County, Georgia
    County attorney · 1957–1961
  3. La Grange, Georgia
    City attorney · 1943–1946
  4. U.S. Army
    1942–1943
  5. U.S. Rep. A. Sidney Camp of Georgia
    Executive secretary · 1939–1942
  6. Georgia
    State representative · 1937–1939

Appointments

  1. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
    1981–2001 (None (reassignment))
    Term ended: Death
  2. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    1968–1981 · Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
    Term ended: Reassignment
  3. Georgia Northern District Court
    U.S. District Court for the Northern District of GeorgiaChief Judge
    1961–1968 · Appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
    Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position

Education

  1. University of Georgia School of Law
    University of Georgia School of Law
    LL.B. · 1935