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Albert Tate Jr.
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
Albert Tate Jr., Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Albert A. Tate Jr. (September 23, 1920 – March 27, 1986), was a long-serving Louisiana judge. A Democrat, Tate served as a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court in New Orleans, and as a judge of the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, also based in New Orleans.
Education
- George Washington UniversityB.A., 1941
- Yale Law SchoolLL.B., 1947
Career
U.S. Army special agent, 1942-1945; Private practice, Ville Platte, Louisiana, 1948-1954; Judge, Louisiana Court of Appeal, First Judicial Circuit, 1954-1960; Presiding judge, Louisiana Court of Appeal, Third Judicial Circuit, 1960-1970; Professor of law, Louisiana State University, 1967-1968; Associate justice, Louisiana Supreme Court, 1970-1979
Biography
Albert A. Tate Jr. (September 23, 1920 – March 27, 1986), was a long-serving Louisiana judge. A Democrat, Tate served as a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court in New Orleans, and as a judge of the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, also based in New Orleans.
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