Robert Mitsuhiro Takasugi (Japanese: 高杉 光弘, September 12, 1930 – August 4, 2009) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Robert Mitsuhiro Takasugi
California Central District Court
Born 1930 in Tacoma, WA
Died 2009 in Los Angeles, CA
FJC ID: 2333
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 22/year
California Central District Court · 1976–2009
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
- Asian American
Prior employment
- Superior Court of California, County of Los AngelesJudge · 1975–1976
- Los Angeles [California] Municipal CourtJudge · 1973–1975
- Private practice, Los Angeles, California1960–1973
- Los Angeles [California] Police CommissionHearing examiner · 1962–1965
U.S. Army corporal1953–1955
Appointments
1976–2009 · Appointed by Gerald Ford (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- University of Southern California Law School (now Gould School of Law)J.D. · 1959
- University of California, Los AngelesB.S. · 1953