Civil Rights Act of 1968. Federal judicial service Miller was nominated by President Richard Nixon on June 28, 1973, to a seat on the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals vacated by Judge J. Lindsay Almond He was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 28, 1973, and received his commission on July 6, 1973. He was reassigned by operation of law on October 1, 1982, to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, to a new seat authorized by 96 Stat. 25. He assumed senior status on June 6, 1985. His service terminated on August 29, 1994, due to his death. Retirement and death Miller retired to Temple Terrace, Florida where he died on August 29, 1994. He is interred at Arlington National Cemetery. References Sources External links Retrieved on 2008-02-07 Federal Judicial Center CCPA entry on Jack Miller 1916 births 1994 deaths 20th-century American lawyers United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II Burials at Arlington National Cemetery Catholic University of America alumni Columbia Law School alumni Creighton University alumni Iowa lawyers Republican Party Iowa state senators Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Judges of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals Republican Party members of the Iowa House of Representatives Politicians from Chicago Politicians from Sioux City, Iowa Republican Party United States senators from Iowa United States Army Air Forces officers United States Army Command and General Staff College faculty United States Article I federal judges appointed by Richard Nixon 20th-century American judges University of Iowa College of Law alumni University of Notre Dame faculty People from Temple Terrace, Florida 20th-century American politicians United States Army colonels American expatriates in the United Kingdom