Herbert William Christenberry (December 11, 1897 – October 5, 1975) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Herbert William Christenberry
Louisiana Eastern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
Born 1897 in New Orleans, LA
Died 1975 in Kentwood, LA
FJC ID: 427
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 8/year
Louisiana Eastern District Court · 1947–1975
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
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 1965–1968
U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana1942–1947- Eastern District of LouisianaAssistant U.S. attorney · 1937–1942
- Orleans Parish, LouisianaAssistant district attorney · 1935–1937
- Board of Commissioners, Port of New Orleans, LouisianaAssistant attorney · 1933–1935
- Louisiana Debt Moratorium CommissionDeputy commissioner · 1935
- Private practice, New Orleans, Louisiana1924–1933
U.S. Navy1917–1918
Appointments
1947–1975 · Appointed by Harry S Truman (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
- New York University
- Loyola University New Orleans School of LawLL.B. · 1924