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Harold Louderback

Harold Louderback

California Northern District Court

Born 1881 in San Francisco, CA

Died 1941

FJC ID: 1421

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 4/year

California Northern District Court · 1928–194119281940195019601970198240
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 6/year

California Northern District Court · 1928–194119281940195019601970198260
citing decisions

California Northern District Court · 1928–1941

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.

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Harold Louderback (January 30, 1881 – December 11, 1941) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. He was the eleventh federal official to be served with articles of impeachment by the House of Representatives. He was acquitted in the Senate and returned to the bench.

Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Superior Court of California, City and County of San Francisco
    Judge · 1921–1928
  2. Private practice, San Francisco, California
    1908–1917, 1919–1921
  3. U.S. Army captain
    1917–1919

Appointments

  1. California Northern District Court
    1928–1941 · Appointed by Calvin Coolidge (Republican)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. Harvard Law School
    LL.B. · 1908
  2. Nevada State University (now University of Nevada, Reno)
    A.B. · 1905