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Melinda Sue Harmon | |
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Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas | |
Assumed office March 31, 2018 | |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas | |
In office May 22, 1989 – March 31, 2018 | |
Appointed by | George H. W. Bush |
Preceded by | John Virgil Singleton Jr. |
Succeeded by | Jeff Brown |
Personal details | |
Born | Port Arthur, Texas, U.S. | November 1, 1946
Education | Radcliffe College (AB) University of Texas (JD) |
Melinda Sue Harmon (born November 1, 1946) is an inactive senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, best known as the lead judge in the subsequently overruled Arthur Andersen trial. Civil lawsuits against Enron were consolidated in her court; she oversaw class action lawsuits on behalf of both Enron shareholders and its employees.[1]