We're moving into the '50s now with our SDFLA judges, featuring Judge Emett Clay Choate today. Judge Choate presided over some interesting cases in our district, including the case of a man (Richard Paul Pavlick) who tried to assassinate then President-elect John F. Kennedy. FBA write up below. Served in World War I and practiced in Oklahoma and New York before moving to Miami.
Judge Choate was nominated by President Eisenhower and served on the district court from 1954-1974. In Moorhead v. City of Fort Lauderdale, 152 F. Supp. 131 (S.D. Fla. 1957), aff’d, 248 F.2d 544 (5th Cir. 1957), Judge Choate ordered the Miami City Commission to end segregation on the municipal golf course.
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