University Attended:
University of Alabama and Howard College, A.B., 1960
Law School Attended:
Vanderbilt University, LL.B., 1963
Year of First Admission:
1963
Admission:
1963, Alabama; 1966, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama and U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit; 1972, U.S. Supreme Court; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit