John Malcolm Duhé Jr. (April 7, 1933 – May 16, 2025) was a United States circuit judge of the New Orleans–based United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
John Malcolm Duhe Jr.
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1933 in Iberia Parish, LA
Died 2025 in New Iberia, LA
FJC ID: 660
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 21/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 135/year
Louisiana Western District Court · 1984–1988Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1988–2025
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
- Louisiana District Court, Sixteenth Judicial DistrictJudge · 1979–1984
- Private practice, New Iberia, Louisiana1957–1978
Appointments
1988–2025 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Death
1984–1988 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
LL.B. · 1957- Tulane UniversityB.S. · 1955