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Tate was a member of both the Louisiana Bar Association and the American Judicature Society from 1948 to 1986. He chaired the Louisiana Judicial Commission from 1968 to 1970. He was a delegate to the Louisiana Constitutional Convention of 1973, at which he served as the chairman of the style and drafting section. The constitution which Tate drafted was approved by voters in the spring of 1974. He was also a law school [[professor]] at LSU from 1967 to 1968, while he was simultaneously serving on the state Third Circuit Court.<ref name=lahist/>
Tate was a member of both the Louisiana Bar Association and the American Judicature Society from 1948 to 1986. He chaired the Louisiana Judicial Commission from 1968 to 1970. He was a delegate to the Louisiana Constitutional Convention of 1973, at which he served as the chairman of the style and drafting section. The constitution which Tate drafted was approved by voters in the spring of 1974. He was also a law school [[professor]] at LSU from 1967 to 1968, while he was simultaneously serving on the state Third Circuit Court.<ref name=lahist/>
On July 31, 1979, Tate was nominated by [[U. S. President]] [[Jimmy Carter]] to a new seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He was confirmed by the [[United States Senate]] on October 4, 1979, and received his commissionof office on October 5, 1979, having served on that court for the last seven years of his life.
On July 31, 1979, Tate was nominated by [[U.S. President]] [[Jimmy Carter]] to a new seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He was confirmed by the [[United States Senate]] on October 4, 1979, and received his commissionof office on October 5, 1979, having served on that court for the last seven years of his life.
Tate wrote more than sixty legal articles, which were published in a variety of professional journals, as well as a legal textbook and a legal bibliography. He authored nearly fifty other articles on other topics. The Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers presents the "Albert Tate Award" in Tate's honor.<ref name=lahist/> One of Tate's colleagues on the Louisiana Supreme Court, [[Mack Barham]], wrote the article in the ''Louisiana Law Review.'' to honor his colleague's contributions to the law.<ref>[[Mack Barham]], "A Civilian for Our Times: Justice Albert Tate, Jr.," ''Louisiana Law Review'' Vol. 47 (May 1987).</ref>
Tate wrote more than sixty legal articles, which were published in a variety of professional journals, as well as a legal textbook and a legal bibliography. He authored nearly fifty other articles on other topics. The Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers presents the "Albert Tate Award" in Tate's honor.<ref name=lahist/> One of Tate's colleagues on the Louisiana Supreme Court, [[Mack Barham]], wrote the article in the ''Louisiana Law Review.'' to honor his colleague's contributions to the law.<ref>[[Mack Barham]], "A Civilian for Our Times: Justice Albert Tate, Jr.," ''Louisiana Law Review'' Vol. 47 (May 1987).</ref>
Following Tate's death in New Orleans at the age of sixty-seven, U.S. President [[Ronald W. Reagan]] nominated [[Republican Party|Republican]] former [[Governor]] [[David C. Treen]] to fill Tate's vacancy on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Democratic Senate killed Treen's nomination and the seat went instead to John Malcolm Duhé, Jr., a Republican attorney from New Iberia.
Following Judge Tate's death in New Orleans at the age of sixty-seven, U.S. President [[Ronald W. Reagan]] nominated [[Republican Party|Republican]] former [[Governor]] [[David C. Treen]] to fill Tate's vacancy on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Democratic Senate killed Treen's nomination and the seat went instead to John Malcolm Duhé, Jr., a Republican attorney from New Iberia.
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