Charles Ray Scott (January 13, 1904 – May 12, 1983) was a
United States district judge
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of the
.
Education and career
Born in
Adel,
Iowa
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, Scott received his
Bachelor of Laws
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from
Valparaiso University School of Law
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in 1934. In 1925, he was title clerk at the
Chicago Title & Trust Company in
Chicago
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,
Illinois
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. From 1926 to 1960, he was in
private practice in
Jacksonville
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,
Florida
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. He served as a circuit judge of the
4th Judicial Circuit of Florida from 1960 to 1966.
Federal judicial service
Scott was nominated by President
Lyndon B. Johnson
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on October 11, 1966, to the
, to a new seat created by 80 Stat. 75. He was confirmed by the
United States Senate
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on October 20, 1966, and received his commission on November 3, 1966. He assumed
senior status on November 12, 1976. His service was terminated on May 12, 1983, due to his death.
Notable clerk
Andrew McClurg
Andrew Jay McClurg (born October 15, 1954) is a professor of law holding the Herbert Herff Chair of Excellence in Law at the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, specializing in torts, products liability, privacy law, and firearm ...
, a noted professor of
torts
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, was a
law clerk
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to Scott.
Notable cases
Scott incurred the ire of
Florida Governor
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Claude R. Kirk Jr. in 1970 for issuing
busing
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orders
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for
Volusia County
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schools; Kirk denounced Scott on television and called for his
impeachment
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In Eur ...
.
In 1980, Scott approved the
settlement
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*Human settlement, a community where people live
*Settlement (structural), downward movement of a structure's foundation
*Settlement (finance), where securities are delivered against payment of money
*Settlement (litigatio ...
of a
civil rights
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suit filed by state prison inmates, setting a cap on the state prison population and sparking a
prison reform
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effort for inmate health care.
Death
Scott died on May 12, 1983, at Memorial Medical Center in
Savannah
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,
Georgia
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.
He suffered a
cerebral hemorrhage
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in his hotel room while attending a conference of judges of the 11th Judicial Circuit and never regained consciousness.
References
Sources
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External links
Obituaryfrom ''
The New York Times
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1904 births
1983 deaths
People from Adel, Iowa
Valparaiso University School of Law alumni
Judges of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
United States district court judges appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson
20th-century American lawyers