John Minor Wisdom
1905–1999 · New Orleans, LA
Judicial Service
| Court | Title | Appointed By | Commissioned | Termination |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Judge | Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) | Jun 27, 1957 | Death, May 15, 1999 |
Education
- Washington and Lee University, A.B., 1925
- Tulane University Law School, LL.B., 1929
Professional Career
U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, 1942-1946; Private practice, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1929-1957; Adjunct professor of law, Tulane University, 1938-1957; Member, U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, 1968-1978; chair, 1975-1978
Other Federal Judicial Service
- Judge, Special Railroad Court, 1975-1997; presiding judge, 1986-1997
Opinions on This Site
Showing 100 of 5,479 opinions from 1957 to 1999
- Byrd v. Corporacion Forestal Y Industrial De Olancho S.A. 1999
- King Ex Rel. King v. Ames 1999
- Virgie Lee Valley v. Rapides Prsh Sch Bd 1999
- Victoria Rizzo v. Children's World Learning Centers, Incorporated, Doing Business as Cwlc, Incorporated 1999
- Taylor Communications Group, Inc. v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. 1999
- United States v. Mancillas 1999
- David E. MURPHY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNCLE BEN’S, INC., Defendant-Appellant 1999
- United States v. Moreno-Chaparro 1999
- Krieser Ex Rel. Krieser v. Hobbs 1999
- United States v. Freeman 1999
- Itt Commercial Finance Corporation v. Bank of the West 1999
- United States v. Torres 1999
- Lawrence v. University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston 1999
- United States v. Duncan 1999
- Alexander v. Johnson 1998
- United States v. Castaneda 1998
- In Re: Luhr Bros Inc 1998
- Denise Chavez, United States of America, Intervenor v. Arte Publico Press Nicolas Kanellos University of Houston 1998
- United States v. Alfredo Moreno-Chaparro 1998
- Bernard v. IBP, Inc. of Nebraska 1998
- In the Matter of Gene Reitnauer, Debtor. Gene Reitnauer v. Texas Exotic Feline Foundation, Inc. 1998
- prod.liab.rep. (Cch) P 15,350 Gloria Marie Hernandez, as Next Friend of Ruben Richard Emeterio, a Minor v. Tokai Corporation Scripto-Tokai Corporation 1998
- Cronn v. Buffington 1998
- United States v. Richard D. Mathes 1998
- Systems Contractors Corporation v. Orleans Parish School Board, Kenneth J. Ducote 1998
- Mouton v. Metropolitan Life Insurance 1998
- Bonner v. Henderson 1998
- United States v. Arnold 1998
- United States v. Frasiel Hughey 1998
- Love v. Foster 1998
- United States v. Billy Mel Alford 1998
- Fed. Carr. Cas. P 84,067 Tex Morris Cindy Sagrera Morris v. Covan World Wide Moving, Incorporated Coleman American Moving Services, Incorporated 1998
- Delaune v. United States 1998
- Holmes v. Texas A&M University 1998
- Home Builders Ass'n of Mississippi, Inc. v. City of Madison 1998
- Virgie Lee Valley, United States of America, Intervenor v. Rapides Parish School Board, Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General of the State of Louisiana 1998
- Marinechance Shipping, Ltd. v. Sebastian 1998
- Green v. Vermilion Corp. 1998
- Kenneth Wayne Magouirk v. Michael Phillips, Warden, Winn Correctional Center and Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, State of Louisiana 1998
- Gary Moawad v. James v. Anderson, Superintendent, Mississippi State Penitentiary Michael Moore, Attorney General of the State of Mississippi 1998
- UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Elwood CLUCK, Also Known as Jack Cluck, Defendant-Appellant 1998
- United Teachers v. Orleans Parish School Board 1998
- Scott FALLO; Kasey Fallo, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. PICCADILLY CAFETERIAS, INC., Defendant-Appellee 1998
- Neal v. Cain 1998
- CLC Equipment Co. v. Brewer (In Re Value-Added Communications, Inc.) 1998
- Denise Chavez, United States of America, Intervenor v. Arte Publico Press Nicolas Kanellos University of Houston 1998
- United States v. James Roger Gobert 1998
- Nichols v. Lewis Grocer 1998
- Texas Department of Commerce v. United States Department of Labor 1998
- Ronald E. Holmes v. Texas A&m University 1998
- Sorenson v. Ferrie 1998
- United States v. Beckner 1998
- United States v. Christine Yvette Rodriguez 1997
- Pickett v. RTS Helicopter, et 1997
- State Farm Life Insurance v. Swift 1997
- United States v. Johnny Candido Mansolo 1997
- United States v. Hunt 1997
- National Labor Relations Board v. Hi-Tech Cable Corporation, a Subsidiary of Southwire Company 1997
- United States v. Michael O'keefe, Sr. Eric Schmidt John O'Brien Gary Bennett Paul Schmitz 1997
- Robert P. KINASH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John J. CALLAHAN, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee 1997
- Naylor v. State of LA 1997
- Ahsan Ahmad FARUKI; Ahmed R. Azeez; Zafar M. Agha, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. PARSONS S.I.P., INC., Defendant-Appellee 1997
- Beverly Susie Wynn and Lawrence Wynn v. Washington National Insurance Company 1997
- United States v. Robinson 1997
- Goldman Ex Rel. Goldman v. Bosco 1997
- Boggs v. Boggs 1997
- United States v. Williams 1997
- McKenzie v. E.A. Uffman & Associates, Inc. 1997
- United States v. Robinson 1997
- United States v. Calle 1997
- Williams v. Roberts 1997
- Sidney Marts v. Phillip Hines 1997
- Blankenship v. Johnson 1997
- United States v. Griffith 1997
- Financial Security Assurance Inc. v. T-H New Orleans Ltd. Partnership 1997
- Tanik v. Southern Methodist University 1997
- Lackey v. Johnson 1997
- Millar v. Houghton 1997
- Walp v. Scott 1997
- Scott v. Moore 1997
- United States v. Bloom 1997
- United States v. Edelmiro Delagarza-Villarreal 1997
- Lawson v. Callahan 1997
- Autin v. Commissioner 1997
- United States v. Hodges 1997
- Nathaniel Joseph Theodore C. Meyers J & M Partnership v. City of New Orleans Charles Alonzo 1997
- United States v. McDowell 1997
- Craig S. Addison Anita S. Addison v. Charles H. Braud, Jr. 1997
- United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Steven B. Tencer and Ronald Lazar, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees 1997
- Augustine Martinez v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Dept. Of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division 1997
- Clofer v. Perego 1997
- United States v. Sam Denson O'Callaghan Dee Ann West 1997
- Ricky Blankenship v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division 1997
- Washington Legal Foundation v. Texas Equal Access to Justice Foundation 1997
- Roberts v. Energy Development Corp. 1997
- United States v. Harvard 1997
- Gaudet v. Babin (In Re Zedda) 1997
- Walter Mixon Allen, Jr., Mattie Gayle Allen, Barry Lane Allen v. Pennsylvania Engineering Corp., American Sterilizer Company 1996
- United States v. A Female Juvenile 1996
- Police Ass'n of New Orleans Ex Rel. Cannatella v. City of New Orleans 1996