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Callie V. S. Granade | |
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Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office March 7, 2016 | |
| Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama | |
In office 2003–2010 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Randolph Butler Jr. |
| Succeeded by | William H. Steele |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama | |
In office February 12, 2002 – March 7, 2016 | |
| Appointed by | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Alex T. Howard, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Jeff Beaverstock |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1950-03-07) March 7, 1950 Lexington, Virginia |
| Education | Hollins College (B.A.) University of Texas School of Law (J.D.) |
Callie Virginia Smith "Ginny" Granade (born March 7, 1950) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama.
Contents
1 Early life and education
2 Legal career
3 Federal judicial career
3.1 Searcy v. Strange
4 References
5 Sources
Early life and education
Born in Lexington, Virginia, Granade graduated from Hollins College with her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1972 and later from University of Texas School of Law with a Juris Doctor in 1975. She is the granddaughter of former Judge Richard Rives, the federal judge who wrote the majority opinion in Browder v. Gayle finding Montgomery, Alabama's bus segregation unconstitutional.
Legal career
Following law school graduation, she became a law clerk to John Godbold of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit from 1975 to 1976. She was an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of Alabama from 1977 to 2001, and an interim United States Attorney in that district from 2001 to 2002.
Federal judicial career
On the recommendation of Senators Jeff Sessions and Richard Shelby, Granade was nominated to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama by President George W. Bush on September 4, 2001, to a seat vacated when Alex T. Howard, Jr. retired from Federal Judicial Service in senior status. Granade was confirmed by the Senate on February 4 and received her commission on February 12, 2002. She served as Chief Judge from 2003 to 2010. She assumed senior status on March 7, 2016.
Searcy v. Strange
On January 23, 2015, Granade issued a ruling striking down Alabama's ban on same-sex marriage as a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantees of equal protection and due process.[1]
References
^ Galloway, Drew (January 23, 2015). "Federal judge strikes down Alabama laws banning same-sex marriage". WHNT-TV. Tribune Broadcasting. Retrieved January 23, 2015..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
Sources
Callie V. Granade at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
Cook v. Atwood Oceanics"Order" (PDF). U.S. District Court for Southern Alabama.
- Activist judge? Careful jurist? Meet the woman who made gay marriage legal in Alabama, AL.com, February 7, 2015
| Legal offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Alex T. Howard, Jr. | Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama 2002–2016 | Succeeded by Jeff Beaverstock |
| Preceded by Charles Randolph Butler Jr. | Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama 2003–2010 | Succeeded by William H. Steele |
