Emilio Miller Garza (born August 1, 1947) is a former United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 36/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 706/year
Texas Western District Court · 1988–1991Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1991–2015
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
- Hispanic
Prior employment
- Bexar County [Texas] Two Hundred and Twenty-Fifth District CourtJudge · 1987–1988
- Private practice, San Antonio, Texas1976–1987
U.S. Marine Corps captain1970–1973
Appointments
1991–2015 · Appointed by George H.W. Bush (Republican)Term ended: Retirement
1988–1991 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
J.D. · 1976- University of Notre DameM.A. · 1970
- University of Notre DameB.A. · 1969