William Judson Holloway Jr. (June 23, 1923 – April 25, 2014) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

Education and career

Born in

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, Holloway graduated from

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in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1941. He was in the United States Army during World War II, from 1943 to 1947 and became a first lieutenant. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Oklahoma in 1947 and a Bachelor of Laws from

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in 1950. He was in private practice in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from 1950 to 1951. He was an attorney in the General Litigation Section of the Claims Division of the United States Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. from 1951 to 1952. He returned to private practice in Oklahoma City from 1952 to 1968.

Federal judicial service

Holloway was nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson on August 2, 1968, to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, to a new seat created by 82 Stat. 184. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 13, 1968, and received his commission on September 16, 1968. He served as Chief Judge and as a member of the

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from 1984 to 1991. He assumed senior status on May 31, 1992. His service terminated on April 25, 2014, due to his death of a respiratory ailment in Oklahoma City.

Honor

The

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was named for him in 2016. Actor

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plays Judge Holloway in the 2018 film '' On the Basis of Sex'', about the life and early cases of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The Oklahoma City University Law Review published a memorial issue in honor of his death in 2014.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Holloway, William Judson Jr. 1923 births 2014 deaths Classen School of Advanced Studies alumni Harvard Law School alumni Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit People from Hugo, Oklahoma Military personnel from Oklahoma United States Army officers United States court of appeals judges appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson 20th-century American judges University of Oklahoma alumni Deaths from respiratory failure