Howard Calvin Bratton (February 4, 1922 – May 5, 2002) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico.
Howard C. Bratton
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
Born 1922 in Clovis, NM
Died 2002
FJC ID: 243
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 4/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 45/year
New Mexico District Court · 1964–2002New Mexico District Court · 1964–2002
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.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
Board member · 1983–1987- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 1979–1982
- Private practice, Roswell, New Mexico1952–1964
- Private practice, Albuquerque, New Mexico1949–1952
Office of Price StabilizationSpecial assistant U.S. attorney in charge of litigation · 1951–1952- U.S. Court of AppealsLaw clerk · 1948
U.S. Army captain1942–1945
Appointments
1964–2002 · Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1947- University of New MexicoB.A. · 1941