John Malcolm Duhé Jr. (born April 7, 1933) is an inactive Senior United States circuit judge of the New Orleans-based United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Family

Education and career

Duhé received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Tulane University in New Orleans in 1955 and his

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from the Tulane University Law School in 1957. He served as an

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in private practice in New Iberia, Louisiana from 1957 to 1978.

Judicial career

State court service

From 1979 to 1984, Duhé was judge of the Louisiana 16th Judicial District in New Iberia.

Federal judicial service

Duhé was nominated by President

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on May 15, 1984, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana vacated by Judge

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. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 8, 1984, and received commission on June 11, 1984. His service terminated on November 9, 1988, due to elevation to the Fifth Circuit. Duhé was nominated by President Reagan on June 27, 1988, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated by Judge

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Duhé was confirmed by the Senate on October 14, 1988, and received commission on October 17, 1988. He assumed senior status on April 7, 1999. He took inactive senior status in 2011. Duhé's law clerks included Kyle Duncan of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

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