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Claude Feemster Clayton
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958–1967
Claude Feemster Clayton , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Claude Feemster Clayton (August 4, 1909 – July 4, 1969) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi.
Education
- University of Mississippi School of LawLL.B., 1931
Career
Private practice, Tupelo, Mississippi, 1931-1935, 1945-1958; Prosecutor, Lee County, Mississippi, 1935-1938; Judge, Mississippi Circuit Court, First Judicial District, 1938-1942; U.S. Army, 1942-1945; City attorney, Tupelo, Mississippi, 1949-1953
Biography
Claude Feemster Clayton (August 4, 1909 – July 4, 1969) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi.
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