Thomas Aquinas Higgins

Thomas Aquinas Higgins
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
In office February 28, 1999 – September 11, 2018
Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
In office October 4, 1984 – February 28, 1999
Appointed by	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Leland Clure Morton
Succeeded by	William Joseph Haynes Jr.
Personal details
Born	(1932-08-15)August 15, 1932 A.A.) University of Tennessee (B.A.) Vanderbilt University Law School (LL.B. )

Thomas Aquinas Higgins (August 15, 1932 – September 11, 2018) was an American jurist who was United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.

Education and career

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Higgins was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on September 6, 1984, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee vacated by Judge Leland Clure Morton. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 3, 1984, and received his commission on October 4, 1984. He assumed senior status on February 28, 1999. He retired into inactive senior status in 2006, meaning that while he remained a federal judge, he no longer heard cases or participated in the business of the court.^[2] He died on September 11, 2018, in Nashville.^[1][3]

References

Sources

• Thomas Aquinas Higgins at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.