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Albert Tate Jr.

Albert Tate Jr.

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Born 1920 in Opelousas, LA

Died 1986

FJC ID: 2340

Albert A. Tate Jr. (September 23, 1920 – March 27, 1986), was a long-serving Louisiana judge. A Democrat, Tate served as a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court in New Orleans, and as a judge of the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, also based in New Orleans.

Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Louisiana Supreme Court
    Associate justice · 1970–1979
  2. Louisiana Court of Appeal, Third Judicial Circuit
    Presiding judge · 1960–1970
  3. Louisiana State University
    Professor of law · 1967–1968
  4. Louisiana Court of Appeal, First Judicial Circuit
    Judge · 1954–1960
  5. Private practice, Ville Platte, Louisiana
    1948–1954
  6. U.S. Army special agent
    1942–1945

Appointments

  1. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
    1979–1986 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
    Term ended: Death
  2. Louisiana Court of Appeal
  3. Supreme Court of Louisiana
    1970–1979
    Term ended: resign

Education

  1. George Washington University
    ba
  2. Yale University
    jd
  3. Yale University Law School
    LL.B. · 1947
  4. George Washington University
    B.A. · 1941