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词条 Myron Herbert Thompson
释义

  1. Education and career

  2. Federal judicial service

  3. Notable case

  4. References

  5. Sources

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Myron Herbert Thompson (born January 7, 1947) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.

Education and career

Born in Tuskegee, Alabama, Thompson received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University in 1969 and a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 1972. He was an Assistant Attorney General of Alabama from 1972 to 1974, and was then in private practice in Dothan, Alabama until 1980.

Federal judicial service

On September 17, 1980, Thompson was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to a seat on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama vacated by Judge Frank Minis Johnson. Thompson was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 26, 1980, and received his commission on September 29, 1980. He served as Chief Judge from 1991 to 1998. He took senior status on August 22, 2013.[1]

Notable case

In a 2014 ruling, Thompson ruled an Alabama law regulating abortion unconstitutional, in Planned Parenthood Southeast, Inc., v. Strange (also known as Planned Parenthood Southeast, Inc., v. Bentley), citing the undue burden standard.[2][3]

References

1. ^Montgomery Advertiser, "Federal judge Myron Thompson moves to senior status; Obama to appoint successor," August 24, 2013 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130828072029/http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20130824/NEWS02/308240040/Federal-judge-Myron-Thompson-moves-senior-status-Obama-appoint-successor?nclick_check=1 |date=August 28, 2013 }}
2. ^CNN.com: Federal judge: Abortion like right to bear arms
3. ^[https://ecf.almd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2013cv0405-238 Opinion, from U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama]

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8 : 1947 births|Living people|Judges of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama|United States district court judges appointed by Jimmy Carter|20th-century American judges|African-American judges|Yale Law School alumni|People from Tuskegee, Alabama

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