Albert Tate, Jr.

Albert Tate Jr. (September 23, 1920 – March 27, 1986) was a long-serving Louisiana judge known for his leadership of the legal profession. A Democrat, Tate served on the Louisiana First (1954–1960) and Third Circuit (1960–1970) Courts of Appeal, the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans (1979–1986), and the Louisiana Supreme Court (1958; 1970–1979), also in New Orleans. Tate was born in Opelousas, the seat of St. Landry Parish in south Louisiana to Albert Tate, Sr., and the former Adelaide Therry. He graduated from New York Military Academy in 1937 and then attended Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut from 1937–1938, then Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge from 1938–1939, and George Washington...