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- William_Brevard_Hand abstract "William Brevard Hand (January 18, 1924 – September 6, 2008) was a United States federal judge.Born in Mobile, Alabama, Hand served from 1943 to 1946 in the United States Army during World War II. In 1947, he received a Bachelor of Science from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa. In 1949, he was awarded his LL.B. from the University of Alabama School of Law. He was in private practice in Mobile, Alabama from 1949 to 1971. Hand became involved in the Republican Party by 1962, when he supported James D. Martin of Gadsden for the U.S. Senate against the veteran Democrat J. Lister Hill of Montgomery. On July 26, 1971, Hand was nominated by U.S. President Richard M. Nixon to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama vacated by Daniel H. Thomas. Hand was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 21, 1971, and received his commission on September 22, 1971. He served as chief judge from 1981 to 1989 and assumed senior status on January 19, 1989.Hand received national attention when he ruled for the plaintiffs in a case against the Alabama school board claiming that textbooks used in Alabama promoted secular humanism, and as such were in violation of the Establishment clause. In his 172-page ruling, he ordered the removal of forty-four texts across the state in subjects such as history and social studies. The case was brought in Hand's district after his opinions regarding an 1982 school prayer ruling in Alabama. The Eleventh Circuit Court unanimously reversed him, with Judge Frank stating that Hand held a \"misconception of the relationship between church and state mandated by the establishment clause,\" commenting also that the textbooks did not show \"an attitude antagonistic to theistic belief. The message conveyed by these textbooks is one of neutrality: the textbooks neither endorse theistic religion as a system of belief, nor discredit it.\"Hand maintained senior status as a judge until his death in Mobile in 2008.".
- William_Brevard_Hand almaMater University_of_Alabama.
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- William_Brevard_Hand battle World_War_II.
- William_Brevard_Hand birthDate "1924-01-18".
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- William_Brevard_Hand deathDate "2008-09-06".
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- William_Brevard_Hand deathYear "2008".
- William_Brevard_Hand militaryBranch United_States_Army.
- William_Brevard_Hand office "Chief Judge of theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama".
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- William_Brevard_Hand party Republican_Party_(United_States).
- William_Brevard_Hand successor Richard_W._Vollmer,_Jr..
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- William_Brevard_Hand wikiPageWikiLinkText "Hand".
- William_Brevard_Hand wikiPageWikiLinkText "William Brevard Hand".
- William_Brevard_Hand after Alex_T._Howard,_Jr..
- William_Brevard_Hand after Richard_W._Vollmer,_Jr..
- William_Brevard_Hand almaMater University_of_Alabama.
- William_Brevard_Hand almaMater "University of Alabama Law School".
- William_Brevard_Hand battles World_War_II.
- William_Brevard_Hand before Daniel_Holcombe_Thomas.
- William_Brevard_Hand before Thomas_Virgil_Pittman.
- William_Brevard_Hand birthDate "1924-01-18".
- William_Brevard_Hand birthPlace Alabama.
- William_Brevard_Hand birthPlace Mobile,_Alabama.
- William_Brevard_Hand birthPlace United_States.
- William_Brevard_Hand branch United_States_Army.
- William_Brevard_Hand dateOfBirth "1924-01-18".
- William_Brevard_Hand dateOfDeath "2008-09-06".
- William_Brevard_Hand deathDate "2008-09-06".
- William_Brevard_Hand deathPlace "Mobile, Alabama".
- William_Brevard_Hand name "Hand, William Brevard".
- William_Brevard_Hand name "William Brevard Hand".
- William_Brevard_Hand nominator Richard_Nixon.
- William_Brevard_Hand office "Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama".
- William_Brevard_Hand office "Judge on United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama".
- William_Brevard_Hand party Republican_Party_(United_States).
- William_Brevard_Hand placeOfBirth Mobile,_Alabama.
- William_Brevard_Hand placeOfDeath "Mobile, Alabama".
- William_Brevard_Hand preceded Thomas_Virgil_Pittman.
- William_Brevard_Hand predecessor Daniel_Holcombe_Thomas.
- William_Brevard_Hand shortDescription "United States federal judge".
- William_Brevard_Hand succeeded Alex_T._Howard,_Jr..
- William_Brevard_Hand successor Richard_W._Vollmer,_Jr..
- William_Brevard_Hand termEnd "1989".
- William_Brevard_Hand termStart "1981".
- William_Brevard_Hand termend "1989-01-19".