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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 an 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 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.
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 Democrat-controlled 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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