Thomas Morrow Reavley

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Thomas Morrow Reavley (born 1921) is a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

[edit] Biography

Reavley was born in Quitman, Texas in 1921. He received his B.A. degree from University of Texas in 1942. After graduation, he joined the US Navy from 1942 to 1946. He then received his J.D degree from Harvard Law School in 1948.

Reavley served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Texas from 1968 to 1977. He was appointed to the Fifth Circuit by President Jimmy Carter in 1979.

He is married to fellow Fifth Circuit judge Carolyn Dineen King.