Thomas E. Stagg Jr. (January 19, 1923 – June 23, 2015) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.
Thomas E. Stagg Jr.
Louisiana Western District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
Born 1923 in Shreveport, LA
Died 2015 in Shreveport, LA
FJC ID: 2265
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 4/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 24/year
Louisiana Western District Court · 1974–2015
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
- Camellia Trading CompanyManaging partner · 1974–present
- Private practice, Shreveport, Louisiana1949–1974
- King Hardware Co., LouisianaVice-president · 1955–1974
- The Abe Meyer Corporation, Shreveport, LouisianaPresident · 1960–1974
- Pierremont Mall Shopping CenterManaging partner · 1963–1974
- Stagg Investments, Inc.President · 1964–1974
InfantryU.S. Army captain · 1943–1946
Appointments
1974–2015 · Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- Louisiana State University Law School (now Paul M. Hebert Law Center)LL.B. · 1949
- Louisiana State UniversityB.A. · 1943