Wayne G. Borah (April 28, 1891 – February 6, 1966) 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.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 26/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 241/year
Louisiana Eastern District Court · 1928–1949Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1949–1966
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
U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana1925–1928- Eastern District of LouisianaAssistant U.S. attorney · 1923–1925
- Private practice, New Orleans, Louisiana1915–1917, 1919–1923
U.S. Army1917–1919
Appointments
1949–1966 · Appointed by Harry S Truman (Democratic)Term ended: Death
1928–1949 · Appointed by Calvin Coolidge (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
- Louisiana State University Law School (now Paul M. Hebert Law Center)LL.B. · 1915