Alvin Benjamin Rubin (March 13, 1920 – June 11, 1991) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and previously a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Alvin Benjamin Rubin
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1920 in Alexandria, LA
Died 1991 in Baton Rouge, LA
FJC ID: 2068
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 30/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 680/year
Louisiana Eastern District Court · 1966–1977Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1977–1991
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
Board member · 1987–1989- Private practice, Louisiana1946–1966
Appointments
1977–1991 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)Term ended: Death
1966–1977 · Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
- Louisiana State University Law School (now Paul M. Hebert Law Center)LL.B. · 1942
- Louisiana State UniversityB.S. · 1941