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Rufus Edward Foster

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1909–1925

Rufus Edward Foster , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. 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.

Education

  • Tulane University Law SchoolLL.B., 1895

Career

U.S. Army lieutenant, 1898-1899; Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1905-1908; U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1908; Professor of law, Tulane University Law School, 1912-1927; dean, 1920-1927; Member, Conference of Senior Circuit Judges (now Judicial Conference of the United States), 1935-1941

Biography

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.

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