Mary Lou Robinson | |
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Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas | |
In office February 11, 2016 – January 26, 2019 | |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas | |
In office April 26, 1979 – February 11, 2016 | |
Appointed by | Jimmy Carter |
Preceded by | Seat established by Pub. L. 95–486 |
Succeeded by | Matthew J. Kacsmaryk |
Personal details | |
Born | Dodge City, Kansas, U.S. | August 26, 1926
Died | January 26, 2019 Amarillo, Texas, U.S. | (aged 92)
Education | |
Mary Lou Robinson (August 26, 1926 – January 26, 2019) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
Born on August 26, 1926, in Dodge City, Kansas, [1] Robinson graduated from Amarillo High School in Amarillo, Texas, in 1944. [2]
Robinson received an associate degree from Amarillo College in 1946. [2] She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics [2] from the University of Texas at Austin in 1948 and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Texas School of Law in 1950. [3] She met her husband A. J. Robinson at the university and the couple married in 1949. [4] She was in private practice with her husband in Amarillo as Robinson & Robinson from 1950 to 1955. [3] [4] She was a judge of the County Court for Potter County, Texas, from 1955 to 1958. She was a judge of the 108th District Court of Texas in Amarillo from 1961 to 1973. [3] During this time she spoke frequently about women's rights and helped to change a law that prohibited married women from entering into binding contracts. [4]
Robinson was a justice of the Court of Civil Appeals for the Seventh Supreme Judicial District of Texas from 1973 to 1979. [3] She was later an associate of the same court and was chief justice from 1977 to 1979. [3] [4]
Robinson was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on February 23, 1979, to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, to a new seat created by the 95th Congress in 1978 ( Pub. L. 95–486, 92 Stat. 1629). She was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 24, 1979, and received her commission on April 26, 1979. She assumed senior status on February 11, 2016. [3] She assumed inactive senior status effective May 1, 2018. [2]
Robinson presided over several notable cases, including the Texas Beef Group v. Winfrey trial in 1998. [5]
In 2018, the federal building and courthouse in Amarillo was named the J. Marvin Jones Federal Building and Mary Lou Robinson United States Courthouse in Robinson's honor. [5]
Robinson had one son and two daughters; seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. [4] Robinson was a church elder at Westminster Presbyterian Church, where she and her husband also taught Sunday school. [4] Robinson died on January 26, 2019, at the age of 92. [6] Her husband, A. J. Robinson, predeceased her. She was to be buried at the Llano Cemetery. [4]
Mary Lou Robinson | |
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Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas | |
In office February 11, 2016 – January 26, 2019 | |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas | |
In office April 26, 1979 – February 11, 2016 | |
Appointed by | Jimmy Carter |
Preceded by | Seat established by Pub. L. 95–486 |
Succeeded by | Matthew J. Kacsmaryk |
Personal details | |
Born | Dodge City, Kansas, U.S. | August 26, 1926
Died | January 26, 2019 Amarillo, Texas, U.S. | (aged 92)
Education | |
Mary Lou Robinson (August 26, 1926 – January 26, 2019) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
Born on August 26, 1926, in Dodge City, Kansas, [1] Robinson graduated from Amarillo High School in Amarillo, Texas, in 1944. [2]
Robinson received an associate degree from Amarillo College in 1946. [2] She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics [2] from the University of Texas at Austin in 1948 and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Texas School of Law in 1950. [3] She met her husband A. J. Robinson at the university and the couple married in 1949. [4] She was in private practice with her husband in Amarillo as Robinson & Robinson from 1950 to 1955. [3] [4] She was a judge of the County Court for Potter County, Texas, from 1955 to 1958. She was a judge of the 108th District Court of Texas in Amarillo from 1961 to 1973. [3] During this time she spoke frequently about women's rights and helped to change a law that prohibited married women from entering into binding contracts. [4]
Robinson was a justice of the Court of Civil Appeals for the Seventh Supreme Judicial District of Texas from 1973 to 1979. [3] She was later an associate of the same court and was chief justice from 1977 to 1979. [3] [4]
Robinson was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on February 23, 1979, to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, to a new seat created by the 95th Congress in 1978 ( Pub. L. 95–486, 92 Stat. 1629). She was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 24, 1979, and received her commission on April 26, 1979. She assumed senior status on February 11, 2016. [3] She assumed inactive senior status effective May 1, 2018. [2]
Robinson presided over several notable cases, including the Texas Beef Group v. Winfrey trial in 1998. [5]
In 2018, the federal building and courthouse in Amarillo was named the J. Marvin Jones Federal Building and Mary Lou Robinson United States Courthouse in Robinson's honor. [5]
Robinson had one son and two daughters; seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. [4] Robinson was a church elder at Westminster Presbyterian Church, where she and her husband also taught Sunday school. [4] Robinson died on January 26, 2019, at the age of 92. [6] Her husband, A. J. Robinson, predeceased her. She was to be buried at the Llano Cemetery. [4]