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Henry Anthony Politz

Henry Anthony Politz

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Chief Judge — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Born 1932 in Napoleonville, LA

Died 2002 in Shreveport, LA

FJC ID: 1902

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 9/year

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1979–200219791990200020102020202590
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 85/year

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1979–2002197919902000201020202025850
citing decisions

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1979–2002

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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Henry Anthony Politz (May 9, 1932 – May 25, 2002) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Judicial Conference of the United States
    Member · 1992–1998
  2. Private practice, Shreveport, Louisiana
    1959–1979
  3. U.S. Air Force
    1951–1955

Appointments

  1. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth CircuitChief Judge
    1979–2002 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. Louisiana State University Law School (now Paul M. Hebert Law Center)
    J.D. · 1959
  2. Louisiana State University
    B.A. · 1958