Rufus Edward Foster (May 22, 1871 – August 23, 1942) 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 Eastern District of Louisiana.
Rufus Edward Foster
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1871 in Mathews County, VA
Died 1942
FJC ID: 785
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 35/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 45/year
Louisiana Eastern District Court · 1909–1925Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1925–1942
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
- Conference of Senior Circuit Judges (now Judicial Conference of the United States)Member · 1935–1941
Eastern District of LouisianaAssistant U.S. attorney · 1905–1908- U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana1908
U.S. Army lieutenant1898–1899
Appointments
1925–1942 · Appointed by Calvin Coolidge (Republican)Term ended: Death
1909–1925 · Appointed by Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
- LL.B. · 1895