Robert Bruce Propst (July 13, 1931 – May 14, 2019) was a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.
Robert Bruce Propst
Alabama Northern District Court
Born 1931 in Onatchee, AL
Died 2019 in NC
FJC ID: 1944
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 12/year
Alabama Northern District Court · 1980–2019
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, Anniston, Alabama1957–1980
U.S. Army1953–1955
Appointments
1980–2019 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
J.D. · 1957- University of AlabamaB.S. · 1953