Curtis Longino Waller (January 9, 1887 – July 11, 1950) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Curtis Longino Waller
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1887 in Silver Creek, MS
Died 1950
FJC ID: 2488
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 19/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 34/year
Florida Northern District Court · 1940–1943Florida Southern District Court · 1940–1943Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1943–1950
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
- Private practice, Tallahassee, Florida1930–1940
- FloridaState representative · 1933–1934
- Second Judicial Circuit, FloridaState's attorney · 1932
- Private practice, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi1914–1927
State representative · 1924- U.S. Rep. Pat Harrison of MississippiPrivate secretary · 1911–1914
Air Service, World War IU.S. Army pilot- U.S. Army Reserve lieutenant colonel
Appointments
1943–1950 · Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)Term ended: Death
1940–1943 · Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
1940–1943 · Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
- Millsaps CollegeLL.B. · 1910
- Mississippi CollegePh.B. · 1908