Luther Eubanks

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Years in office: 1986 - 1987

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Years in office: 1965 - 1986

Education

Bachelor's

University of Oklahoma, 1940

Law

University of Oklahoma Law, 1942

Personal

Birthplace

New Mexico

Luther Boyd Eubanks (1917-1996) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.

Eubanks was nominated by PresidentLyndon Johnson on July 19, 1965, to a seat vacated byRoss Rizley; he was confirmed by the Senate on August 11, 1965, and received commissionthat same day. He served aschief judge from 1982 until he assumedsenior status onJune 30, 1986. He retired onAugust 31, 1987.^[1] Eubanks was succeeded in this position byLayn Phillips.

Early life and education

• University of Oklahoma, B.A., 1940
• University of Oklahoma College of Law, LL.B., 1942^[1]

Professional career

• U.S. Army Technician, 1942-1945
• County attorney, Cotton County, Oklahoma, 1946-1949
• Member, Oklahoma State House of Representatives, 1949-1952
• Private practice, Walters, Oklahoma, 1950-1956
• Judge, District Court of Oklahoma, Lawton, Oklahoma, 1956-1965^[1]

Judicial career

Western District of Oklahoma

Eubanks was nominated by PresidentLyndon Johnson on July 19, 1965, to a seat vacated byRoss Rizley; he was confirmed by the Senate on August 11, 1965, and received commissionthat same day. He served aschief judge from 1982 until he assumedsenior status onJune 30, 1986. He retired onAugust 31, 1987.^[1] Eubanks was succeeded in this position byLayn Phillips.

External links

• Luther Eubanks's Biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
Active judges	Chief Judge: Timothy DeGiustiChief Judge: John Heil  •  Bernard Jones (Oklahoma)  •  Charles B. Goodwin  •  Scott Palk  •  Patrick Wyrick  •  Jodi Dishman
Senior judges	James Payne  •  Robin Cauthron  •  Timothy Leonard (Oklahoma)  •  David L. Russell  •  Vicki Miles-LaGrange  •  Stephen Friot  •  Joe Heaton  •  Wayne Alley  •
Magistrate judges	Gary Purcell  •  Shon Erwin  •  Suzanne Mitchell  •  Amanda Maxfield Green  •
Former Article III judges	Lee West  •  John Hazelton Cotteral  •  Alfred Murrah  •  Edgar Vaught  •  Bower Broaddus  •  Luther Bohanon  •  William Wallace (Oklahoma)  •  Billy Burrage  •  Harold Cook  •  Frederick Daugherty  •  Stephen Chandler  •  Luther Eubanks  •  Layn Phillips  •  Ross Rizley  •  Ralph Thompson  •
Former Chief judges	Robin Cauthron  •  Lee West  •  David L. Russell  •  Vicki Miles-LaGrange  •  Edgar Vaught  •  Luther Bohanon  •  Frederick Daugherty  •  Stephen Chandler  •  Luther Eubanks  •  Ralph Thompson  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byLyndon Johnson
1964	Anderson •Bratton •Christie •Collins •Cowen •Davis •Ely •Freedman •Gordon •Higginbotham •McNichols •Muecke •Nichols •Port •Rabinovitz •Robinson •Simons •Suttle •Weber •Whelan •Zampano
1965	Bryant •Celebrezze •Coffin •Coleman •Collinson •Corcoran •Doyle •Eubanks •Fortas •Frankel •Gasch •Gibson •Gordon •Harris •Hemphill •Hill •Hunter •Landis •Langley •Leventhal •Maxwell •McEntee •Mehrtens •Nichol •Reynolds •Russell •Smith •Tamm •Thornberry •Young
1966	Ainsworth •Atkins •Boyle •Cabot •Cassibry •Copple •Craven •Cummings •Dyer •Fairchild •Feinberg •Ferguson •Fullam •Garrity •Godbold •Goldberg •Goodwin •Gray •Guinn •Harvey •Hauk •Heaney •Heebe •Hickey •Hogan •Kaufman •Kinneary •Krentzman •Lay •Leddy •Lord •Lynch •MacKenzie •Mansfield •McCree •McRae •Mitchell •Motley •Napoli •Nichols •Noland •Peck II •Peckham •Pettine •Pittman •Porter •Real •Roberts •Robinson •Robinson •Rubin •Russell •Scott •Seals •Seitz •Simpson •Singleton •Skelton •Smith •Smith •Taylor •Thomas •von der Heydt •Watson •Winter • Wise
1967	Arnow •Beckworth •Belloni •Butzner •Cancio •Carter •Clayton •Combs •Comiskey •Curtin •Eaton •Edenfield •Fernandez-Badillo •Gesell •Gordon •Jones •Keith •Kellam •Lambros •Maletz •Marshall •Masterson •Merhige •Morgan •Murray •Neville •Pollack •Pregerson •Theis •Troutman •Van Dusen •Waddy •Weiner •Weinstein •Whipple •Williams
1968	Aldisert •Baldwin •Bownes •Bright •Green •Gubow •Henderson •Holloway •Hufstedler •Judd •Justice •Keady •Kerner, Jr. •Lasker •Latchum •Lawrence •McMillan •Morgan •Newman •Nixon •Pratt •Re •Rosenstein •Schwartz •Smith •Stahl •Travia •Woodward