Grady Jolly | |
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| Senior Judge of theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | |
| Assumed office October 3, 2017 | |
| Judge of theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | |
| In office July 30, 1982 – October 3, 2017 | |
| Appointed by | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | James P. Coleman |
| Succeeded by | Cory T. Wilson |
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| Born | Elbert Grady Jolly Jr. (1937-10-03)October 3, 1937 (age 88) Louisville,Mississippi, U.S. |
| Education | University of Mississippi (BA,LLB) |
Elbert Grady Jolly Jr.[1] (born October 3, 1937) is aseniorUnited States circuit judge of theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. His chambers are inJackson,Mississippi.
Jolly was born inLouisville,Mississippi. He received aBachelor of Arts degree from theUniversity of Mississippi in 1959 and aBachelor of Laws from theUniversity of Mississippi Law School in 1962. He was a trial attorney for theNational Labor Relations Board inWinston-Salem,North Carolina from 1962 to 1964, anAssistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi from 1964 to 1967, and a lawyer for theTax Division of theUnited States Department of Justice from 1967 to 1969. In 1969 he entered private practice inJackson, Mississippi.[2]
Jolly was nominated by PresidentRonald Reagan on July 1, 1982, to theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, to the seat vacated by JudgeJames P. Coleman. He was confirmed by theUnited States Senate on July 27, 1982, and received commission on July 30, 1982.[2] Jolly assumedsenior status on October 3, 2017.[2]
In July 1986, Jolly wrote the opinion for a unanimous three-judge panel that held Louisiana's law requiring schools to teach creationism alongside evolution was an unconstitutional violation of theEstablishment Clause.[3] The decision was affirmed by the Supreme Court inEdwards v. Aguillard.[4]
In July 2014, Jolly wrote the 2–1 majority opinion inJackson Women's Health Organization v. Currier, which allowed Mississippi's sole abortion clinic to remain open. Jolly stated that a state law which would have shut down the clinic because its doctors were unable to obtain privileges at a local hospital would have violated Mississippi women's rights to seek abortions within their state's borders.[5]
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| Preceded by | Judge of theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit 1982–2017 | Succeeded by |
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