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Thomas Gibbs Gee

Thomas Gibbs Gee

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Born 1925 in Jacksonville, FL

Died 1994 in Houston, TX

FJC ID: 832

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 11/year

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1973–19911973198019902000201020202025110
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 143/year

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1973–199119731980199020002010202020251430
citing decisions

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1973–1991

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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Thomas Gibbs Gee (December 9, 1925 – October 25, 1994) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Private practice, Houston, Texas
    1953–1954, 1991–1994
  2. Private practice, Austin, Texas
    1954–1973
  3. U.S. Air Force lieutenant
    1947–1950
  4. Air Corps
    Air Corps
    U.S. Army lieutenant · 1946–1947

Appointments

  1. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    1973–1991 · Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (Republican)
    Term ended: Retirement

Education

  1. University of Texas School of Law
    University of Texas School of Law
    LL.B. · 1953
  2. U.S. Military Academy
    B.S. · 1946