Herbert Theodore Milburn or H. Ted Milburn (May 26, 1931 – April 1, 2016) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee and later a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Herbert Theodore Milburn
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
Born 1931 in Cleveland, TN
Died 2016 in Signal Mountain, TN
FJC ID: 1639
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 58/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 1,299/year
Tennessee Eastern District Court · 1983–1984Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1984–2016
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
- Tennessee Circuit Court, Hamilton County, Division IIIJudge · 1973–1983
- Private practice, Chattanooga, Tennessee1959–1973
Security AgencyU.S. Army · 1953–1956
Appointments
1984–2016 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Death
1983–1984 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
J.D. · 1959- East Tennessee State UniversityB.S. · 1953