Laughlin Edward Waters Sr. (August 16, 1914 – June 3, 2002) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Laughlin Edward Waters Sr.
California Central District Court
Born 1914 in Los Angeles, CA
Died 2002 in Los Angeles, CA
FJC ID: 2514
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 32/year
California Central District Court · 1976–2002
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
- Private practice, Los Angeles, California1947–1953, 1961–1976
U.S. attorney for the Southern District of California1953–1961
State assemblyman · 1947–1953- State of CaliforniaDeputy attorney general · 1946–1947
InfantryU.S. Army captain · 1942–1945
Appointments
1976–2002 · Appointed by Gerald Ford (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- University of Southern California Law School (now Gould School of Law)J.D. · 1947
- University of California, Los AngelesA.B. · 1939