Truman McGill Hobbs | |
Office: | Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama |
Term Start: | February 11, 1991 |
Term End: | November 4, 2015 |
Office1: | Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama |
Term Start1: | 1984 |
Term End1: | 1991 |
Predecessor1: | Robert Edward Varner |
Successor1: | Myron Herbert Thompson |
Office2: | Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama |
Term Start2: | April 3, 1980 |
Term End2: | February 11, 1991 |
Appointer2: | Jimmy Carter |
Predecessor2: | Seat established by 92 Stat. 1629 |
Successor2: | Ira De Ment |
Birth Date: | 8 February 1921 |
Birth Place: | Selma, Alabama |
Death Place: | Montgomery, Alabama |
Education: | Yale Law School (LLB) |
Truman McGill Hobbs Sr. (February 8, 1921 – November 4, 2015) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.
Born in Selma, Alabama, Hobbs received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from the University of North Carolina in 1942, and was a Lieutenant in the United States Navy during World War II, from 1942 to 1946. He received a Bachelor of Laws from Yale Law School in 1948, becoming a law clerk to Justice Hugo Black of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1948 to 1949. He was in private practice in Montgomery, Alabama, from 1949 to 1980, also serving as chairman of the Alabama Unemployment Appeal Board from 1952 to 1958.
On January 23, 1980, Hobbs was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama created by 92 Stat. 1629. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 3, 1980, and received his commission the same day. He served as Chief Judge from 1984 to 1991, assuming senior status on February 11, 1991. He died on November 4, 2015, at his family home in Montgomery.[1]