Rudi Milton Brewster (May 18, 1932 – September 7, 2012) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, best known for 2006 ruling in a patent infringements suit against Microsoft tied to the licensing of the MP3 format.
Rudi M. Brewster
California Southern District Court
Born 1932 in Sioux Falls, SD
Died 2012 in La Jolla, CA
FJC ID: 254
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 50/year
California Southern District Court · 1984–2012
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, San Diego, California1960–1984
- U.S. Naval Reserve1957–1981
U.S. Navy1954–1957
Appointments
1984–2012 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
J.D. · 1960- Princeton UniversityB.A. · 1954