Edward Rafeedie (January 6, 1929 – March 25, 2008) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Edward Rafeedie
California Central District Court
Born 1929 in Orange, NJ
Died 2008 in Malibu, CA
FJC ID: 1953
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 1/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 31/year
California Central District Court · 1982–2008
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
- Superior Court of California, County of Los AngelesJudge · 1971–1982
- Santa Monica [California] Municipal CourtJudge · 1969–1971
- Private practice, Santa Monica, California1959–1969
U.S. Army1950–1952
Appointments
1982–2008 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- University of Southern California Law School (now Gould School of Law)J.D. · 1959
- University of Southern CaliforniaB.S. · 1956