Louie Willard Strum (January 16, 1890 – July 26, 1954) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Louie Willard Strum
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Born 1890 in Valdosta, GA
Died 1954
FJC ID: 2308
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 17/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 93/year
Florida Southern District Court · 1931–1950Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1950–1954
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, Jacksonville, Florida1912–present
- Florida Supreme CourtJustice · 1925–1931
- ↳chief justice · 1931
- Jacksonville, FloridaCity attorney · 1923–1925
- Jacksonville, FloridaAssistant city attorney · 1921–1923
U.S. Navy lieutenant commander1917–1919- U.S. Navy1906–1910
Appointments
1950–1954 · Appointed by Harry S Truman (Democratic)Term ended: Death
1931–1950 · Appointed by Herbert Hoover (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
LL.B. · 1912