Alfred Paul Murrah (October 27, 1904 – October 30, 1975) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma and the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.
Alfred Paul Murrah
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Born 1904 in Tishomingo, OK
Died 1975 in Oklahoma City, OK
FJC ID: 1727
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 22/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 167/year
Oklahoma Eastern District Court · 1937–1940Oklahoma Northern District Court · 1937–1940Oklahoma Western District Court · 1937–1940Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1940–1975
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
Chair · 1968–1975
Director · 1970–1974- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 1959–1970
- Private practice, Seminole and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma1929–1937
- Private practice, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma1928–1929
Appointments
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth CircuitChief Judge1940–1975 · Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)Term ended: Death
1937–1940 · Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
1937–1940 · Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
1937–1940 · Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
LL.B. · 1928