[2] After graduating from law school Hodges was in private practice in Durant, Oklahoma, from April 1954 until January 1957.
From 1957 to 1959 Hodges served as the Bryan County Attorney before he was elected District Judge in 1958 and re-elected in 1962.
If passed at a general election, it would have banned using "...state money from being spent on translations for public documents or providing services in a different language."
The majority opinion rejected the petition as an unconstitutional limitation on freedom of speech as well as infringing the rights of non English speaking citizens to interact with their government.
Family members who preceded him in death were his parents, his wife Janelle and his son Randy.