Robert Edward DeMascio (January 11, 1923 – March 23, 1999) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Robert E. DeMascio married Margaret Loftus in 1955, they had three children: Robert Jr., Thomas, and Mary.
Robert Edward DeMascio
Michigan Eastern District Court
Born 1923 in Corapolis, PA
Died 1999 in Detroit, MI
FJC ID: 600
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 14/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 30/year
Michigan Eastern District Court · 1971–1999
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
- Detroit [Michigan] Recorder's CourtJudge · 1967–1971
- Private practice, Detroit, Michigan1951–1953, 1961–1966
Criminal Division, Eastern District of MichiganAssistant U.S. attorney/chief · 1954–1961- U.S. Naval Reserve1943–1946
Appointments
1971–1999 · Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- Wayne University (now Wayne State University) Law SchoolLL.B. · 1951