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Truman McGill Hobbs Sr. (February 8, 1921 – November 4, 2015) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.


Education and career

Born in Selma, Alabama, Hobbs received an
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degree from the University of North Carolina in 1942, and was a Lieutenant in the United States Navy during World War II, from 1942 to 1946. He received a Bachelor of Laws from Yale Law School in 1948, becoming a
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from 1948 to 1949. He was in private practice in Montgomery, Alabama, from 1949 to 1980, also serving as chairman of the Alabama Unemployment Appeal Board from 1952 to 1958.


Federal judicial service

On January 23, 1980, Hobbs was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama created by 92 Stat. 1629. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 3, 1980, and received his commission the same day. He served as Chief Judge from 1984 to 1991, assuming senior status on February 11, 1991. He died on November 4, 2015, at his family home in Montgomery.


See also

* List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Seat 1)


References


Sources

* 1921 births 2015 deaths People from Selma, Alabama Judges of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama Law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States United States district court judges appointed by Jimmy Carter 20th-century American judges University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni Yale Law School alumni United States Navy officers Alabama lawyers United States Navy personnel of World War II {{US-federal-judge-stub