Bio: Judge Eugene B. Middleton, Caddo, Claiborne and Webster Parishes,
Louisiana
First Judicial District

File prepared by D.N.P.


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>From "Biographies of Louisiana Judges" edited by J. Cleveland Fruge'
for the Louisiana District Judges Association, publishers.  1971.
Reproduction permitted without written permission provided credit
line is retained.  Copyright, 1971, J. Cleveland Fruge'.

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     Judge Eugene B. Middleton was appointed to the First Judicial
District, Division "B" on November 1, 1968.  His term ends in 1970.

     Judge Middleton is the son of the late Dr. E.B. Middleton and Mrs. Ruth
Brown Middleton of Homer, Louisiana.  He was born in Heflin, Louisiana, on
February 8, 1920.  He is married to the former Jean Longino, and their two
children are Steve and Jan Middleton.

     After preparatory education in schools of Claiborne Parish, Judge
Middleton received his B.A. Degree at the University of Southwestern Louisiana
(then Southwestern Louisiana Institute), and in 1948 received his L.L.B.
Degree from L.S.U.  He practiced law from 1948 until 1961, during which time
he served as Assistant City Attorney (1953-1954).  In 1961 he was elected City
Judge, and was re-elected in 1966 without opposition, and served until his
appointment as District Judge on November 1, 1968.

     Judge Middleton is a member of the Louisiana and Shreveport Bar
Associations, is presently on the Advisory Board for Exceptional children and
Cadd-Bossier Council on Alcoholism.  In 1967, he served as Chef de Gare of the
40 & 8.

     In 1941, Judge Middleton entered the U.S. Army as a private.

After serving eighteen months in the European Theatre he was discharged in
1946 as Captain in the Infantry.

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