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Robert Lee Russell

Robert Lee Russell

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Born 1900 in Winder, GA

Died 1955

FJC ID: 2076

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 18/year

Georgia Northern District Court · 1940–1949Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1949–195519401960198020002020180
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 110/year

Georgia Northern District Court · 1940–1949Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1949–1955194019601980200020201100
citing decisions

Georgia Northern District Court · 1940–1949Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1949–1955

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.

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Robert Lee Russell (August 19, 1900 – January 18, 1955) 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 Northern District of Georgia

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Private practice, Winder, Georgia
    1929–1940
  2. Hon. Richard B. Russell, Supreme Court of Georgia
    Secretary · 1923–1929
  3. Private practice, Atlanta, Georgia
    1920–1923

Appointments

  1. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    1949–1955 · Appointed by Harry S Truman (Democratic)
    Term ended: Death
  2. Georgia Northern District Court
    U.S. District Court for the Northern District of GeorgiaChief Judge
    1940–1949 · Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
    Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position

Education

  1. Read law
    1920