Lloyd Fletcher (January 5, 1915 – November 5, 1991) was a judge of the

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from 1982 to 1991. Born in

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, Fletcher received a

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from the

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in 1936, and a J.D. from the

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in 1939. He served in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve during

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, leaving with the rank of lieutenant junior grade.Federal Judicial Center page for Lloyd Fletcher
He was in private practice in

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from 1940 to 1957, and from 1959 to 1960, also serving as a professorial lecturer in business law at

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from 1946 to 1960. He became a trial judge of the

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in 1960, and on October 1, 1982, he was reassigned by

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to a seat on the newly created U.S. Claims Court (later the

) authorized by 96 Stat. 27. He assumed senior status one week later, on October 8, 1982, and served in that capacity until his death, in

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. Fletcher was one of several judges originally assigned to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims for whom no successor was appointed.Federal Judicial Center
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fletcher, Lloyd 1915 births 1991 deaths Judges of the United States Court of Federal Claims People from Amarillo, Texas University of Texas alumni George Washington University Law School alumni United States Coast Guard officers 20th-century American judges