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Gallinghouse's pursuit of corruption in government hurt his own career prospects. The [[American Bar Association]] rendered him an "unsuitable" designation, which may have kept President [[Gerald Ford]] from naming him to a vacant position as a U.S. District Judge. [[Ben C. Toledano]], a New Orleans Republican figure who ran for mayor in 1970 and the U.S. Senate in 1972 and was a journalist for such publications as ''[[National Review]],'' attributed the "unsuitable" rating from the ABA to the system of "anonymous comments" from attorneys in the big law firms in the New Orleans area who disliked the investigations that Gallinghouse had conducted<ref name=crider/> or like students blackballing their professors in anonymous semester evaluations.

Gallinghouse's pursuit of corruption in government hurt his own career prospects. The [[American Bar Association]] rendered him an "unsuitable" designation, which may have kept President [[Gerald Ford]] from naming him to a vacant position as a U.S. District Judge. [[Ben C. Toledano]], a New Orleans Republican figure who ran for mayor in 1970 and the U.S. Senate in 1972 and was a journalist for such publications as ''[[National Review]],'' attributed the "unsuitable" rating from the ABA to the system of "anonymous comments" from attorneys in the big law firms in the New Orleans area who disliked the investigations that Gallinghouse had conducted<ref name=crider/> or like students blackballing their professors in anonymous semester evaluations.

In his later years, Gallinghouse resided in The Woodlands in the [[Houston, Texas|Houston]] metropolitan area, where he died in 2007 at the age of eighty-seven. Services were held on December 1, 2007, at Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home in New Orleans. Gallinghouse, who was [[Anglican]], was survived by his wife, the former Clara Van LeMaire (1931-2021)); two sons, Gerald Gallinghouse, Jr., M.D., of [[Austin]], Texas, and Van LeMaire Gallinghouse of New Orleans, and five grandchildren. His obituary does not indicate his cause of death, place of interment, nor his year of retirement from his law practice.<ref name=obit/>

In his later years, Gallinghouse resided in The Woodlands in the [[Houston, Texas|Houston]] metropolitan area, where he died in 2007 at the age of eighty-seven. Services were held on December 1, 2007, at Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home in New Orleans. Gallinghouse, who was [[Anglican]], was survived by his wife, the former Clara Van LeMaire (1931-2021);<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/new-orleans-la/clara-gallinghouse-10234443|title=Clara Van LeMaire Gallinghouse|publisher=dignitymemorial.com|date=June 26, 2021|accessdate=March 8, 2022}}</ref> two sons, Gerald Gallinghouse, Jr., M.D., of [[Austin]], Texas, and Van LeMaire Gallinghouse of New Orleans, and five grandchildren. His obituary does not indicate his cause of death, place of interment, nor his year of retirement from his law practice.<ref name=obit/>

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