Emile Henry Lacombe (January 29, 1846 – November 28, 1924) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and of the United States Circuit Courts for the Second Circuit.

Emile Henry Lacombe
Second Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1846 in New York, NY
Died 1924 in New York, NY
FJC ID: 1326
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 9/year
U.S. Circuit Courts for the Second Circuit · 1888–1911Second Circuit Court of Appeals · 1888–1911Second Circuit Court of Appeals · 1891–1916
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, New York City1865–1875, 1916–1924
- New York CityReferee in chancery · 1919
- New York CityCorporation counsel · 1884–1887
- New York CityAssistant corporation counsel · 1875–1884
U.S. Army1862–1863
Appointments

1888–1911 · Appointed by Grover Cleveland (Democratic)Term ended: Abolition of Court
Education
LL.B. · 1865- Columbia CollegeA.B. · 1863