Robert B. Maloney

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Robert B. Maloney
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
Assumed office
August 31, 2000
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
In office
October 17, 1985 – August 31, 2000
Appointed byRonald Reagan
Preceded bySeat established by 98 Stat. 333
Succeeded byDavid C. Godbey
Personal details
Born
Robert B. Maloney

(1933-01-31) January 31, 1933 (age 91)
Dallas, Texas
RelativesDorothy Malone (sister)
EducationSouthern Methodist University (BBA, JD)

Robert B. Maloney (born January 31, 1933) is an inactive

Education and career

Born in

Southern Methodist University School of Law in 1960. He was an assistant district attorney of Dallas County, Texas, from 1961 to 1962. He was in private practice in Dallas from 1962 to 1984. He was a Texas state representative from 1973 to 1982. He was an associate justice of the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Judicial Circuit in Dallas, from 1983 to 1985.[2] Maloney is also the brother of the late Academy Award-winning actress Dorothy Malone.[3]

Federal judicial service

Maloney was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on July 23, 1985, to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, to a new seat created by 98 Stat. 333. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 16, 1985, and received his commission on October 17, 1985. He assumed senior status on August 31, 2000. Maloney is currently in inactive senior status, meaning that he does not hear cases or participate in the business of the court.[2]

References

  1. ^ W. Stuart Dornette; Robert R. Cross (1986). Federal Judiciary Almanac. Wiley. p. 919.
  2. ^ a b Robert B. Maloney at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  3. ^ Gates, Anita (January 19, 2018). "Dorothy Malone Dies at 93; Star of TV's 'Peyton Place'". Retrieved January 15, 2019 – via NYTimes.com.

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Legal offices
Preceded by
Seat established by 98 Stat. 333
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
1985–2000
Succeeded by