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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The internet says Pavlic served about 6 years for his assassination attempt. What are the odds that Judge Cannon gives more in the Trump attempt case?
Seriously? The charges against Pavlick were dropped. He didn’t “serve six years”. He was in a mental institution. Routh was convicted by a jury.
This post is confusing. First, the case you reference is in Fort Lauderdale, not Miami. It was about the City of Fort Lauderdale refusing to allow African Americans to play on their course. It was not about segregation but outright prohibition.
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