Mary Lou Robinson
Mary Lou Robinson | |
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Born | Dodge City, Kansas, U.S. | August 26, 1926
Died | January 26, 2019 Amarillo, Texas, U.S. | (aged 92)
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Mary Lou Robinson (August 26, 1926 – January 26, 2019) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
Education and career
Born on August 26, 1926, in Dodge City, Kansas,[1] Robinson graduated from Amarillo High School in Amarillo, Texas, in 1944.[2]
Robinson received an associate degree from Amarillo College in 1946.[2] She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics[2] from the University of Texas at Austin in 1948 and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Texas School of Law in 1950.[3] She met her husband A. J. Robinson at the university and the couple married in 1949.[4] She was in private practice with her husband in Amarillo as Robinson & Robinson from 1950 to 1955.[3][4] She was a judge of the County Court for Potter County, Texas, from 1955 to 1958. She was a judge of the 108th District Court of Texas in Amarillo from 1961 to 1973.[3] During this time she spoke frequently about women's rights and helped to change a law that prohibited married women from entering into binding contracts.[4]
Robinson was a justice of the Court of Civil Appeals for the Seventh Supreme Judicial District of Texas from 1973 to 1979.[3] She was later an associate of the same court and was chief justice from 1977 to 1979.[3][4]
Federal judicial service
Robinson was nominated by President
Robinson presided over several notable cases, including the Texas Beef Group v. Winfrey trial in 1998.[5]
In 2018, the federal building and courthouse in Amarillo was named the J. Marvin Jones Federal Building and Mary Lou Robinson United States Courthouse in Robinson's honor.[5]
Personal life
Robinson had one son and two daughters; seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.[4] Robinson was a church elder at Westminster Presbyterian Church, where she and her husband also taught Sunday school.[4] Robinson died on January 26, 2019, at the age of 92.[6] Her husband, A. J. Robinson, predeceased her. She was to be buried at the Llano Cemetery.[4]
References
- ^ Selection and Confirmation of Federal Judges: Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-sixth Congress, First Session. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Publishing Office. 1980. p. 36.
- ^ a b c d "News Release" (PDF) (Press release). U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
- ^ a b c d e f Mary Lou Robinson at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Local Federal Court Judge Mary Lou Robinson Passes Away". KAMR-TV. January 28, 2019.
- ^ a b Longtime judge Mary Lou Robinson dies at 92, Amarillo Globe-News (January 27, 2019).
- ^ "Local Federal Court Judge Mary Lou Robinson Passes Away". KAMR-TV. January 28, 2019.
Sources
- Mary Lou Robinson at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.