Like his father Rush Limbaugh, Senior before him, Limbaugh served as president of the Missouri Bar for 1982 prior to his appointment. Limbaugh was born and raised in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, the son of Beulah Maude (Seebaugh) and Rush Hudson Limbaugh.
Southeast Missouri State University.
He was appointed by president Ronald Reagan in the early 1980s after a distinguished career as a trial lawyer in Missouri. He first became interested in the field of law. He served in the United States Navy for eighteen months from 1946 to 1948.
He earned his baccalaureate in history from Southeast Missouri State University in 1950 and his law degrees from the University of Missouri in 1951.
He immediately went to work for his father"s law firm where he did real estate and title work. From 1955 to 1958 he served as prosecuting attorney for Cape Girardeau County.
Subsequently he was the part-time City attorney of Cape Girardeau, Missouri from 1964 to 1968, while also working in his family law firm, in the same town. After retirement from the federal bench, Limbaugh went to work as senior counsel for the law firm of Armstrong Teasdale in Saint Louis, Missouri.
He also worked as a mediator.
He is an uncle of prominent radio commentator Rush Limbaugh. On June 7, 1983, President Reagan nominated Limbaugh to serve as a United States District concurrently on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri and the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri, succeeding Judge Kenneth Wangelin. He was confirmed by the Senate on July 18, 1983 and received his commission on July 19, 1983.
He took senior status on May 1, 1996 and was succeeded by Rodney West. Sippel.
He retired on July 31, 2008. Selected judicial opinions
National Football League v.
McBee & Brunos, 621 F.Supp. 880 (Education Mo 1985), affirmed as modified 792 F.2d 726 (8th Cir 1986) (copyright satellite interception)
Peabody Holding Company, Incorporated. v.
Costain Group, Public Limited Company, 808 F.Supp.
1425 (Education Mo 1992), 812 F.Supp. 1402 (Education Mo 1993) (contracts Australian coal mines)
Interactive Digital Software Association v. Saint Louis County, 200 F. Supp.
2d 1126 (Education Mo 2002), reversed 329 F.3d 954 (8th Cir 2003) (video games and free speech protection)
In Re American Milling Company, 270 F.Supp.2d 1068 (Education Mo 2003), aff’d 409 F.3d 1005 (8th Cir 2005) (admiralty)
Washington University v.
Catalona, 437 F.Supp2d 985 (Education Mo 2006), aff’d 490 F3d 667 (8th Cir 2007), cert denied 128 South.Ct. 1122 (2008) (ownership of tissue donated by patients for research).
