Editing Elbert Tuttle (section)

{{Short description|American judge (1897–1996)}}
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| name                = Elbert Tuttle
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| image               = Elbert Tuttle (cropped).jpg
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| office              = [[Senior status|Senior Judge]] of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit]]
| term_start          = October 1, 1981
| term_end            = June 23, 1996
| office1             = [[Senior status|Senior Judge]] of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit]]
| term_start1         = June 1, 1968
| term_end1           = October 1, 1981
| office2             = Chief Judge of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit]]
| term_start2         = 1960
| term_end2           = 1967
| predecessor2        = [[Richard Rives]]
| successor2          = [[John Robert Brown (judge)|John Robert Brown]]
| office3             = Judge of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit]]
| term_start3         = August 4, 1954
| term_end3           = June 1, 1968
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| appointer3          = [[List of federal judges appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower|Dwight D. Eisenhower]]
| predecessor3        = ''Seat established by 68 Stat. 8''
| successor3          = [[Lewis Render Morgan]]
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| birth_name          = Elbert Parr Tuttle
| birth_date          = {{Birth date|1897|07|17}}
| birth_place         = [[Pasadena, California]], U.S.
| death_date          = {{Death date and age|1996|06|23|1897|07|17}}
| death_place         = [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], U.S.
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| education           = [[Cornell University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|AB]], [[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]])
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| website             = <!--Embedded templates / Footnotes-->
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| allegiance          = [[United States of America]]
| branch              = [[U.S. Army]]
| serviceyears        = 1918-1919, 1941-1946
| battles             = World War I, World War II
| rank                = Brigadier general
| party               = Republican
}}
'''Elbert Parr Tuttle''' (July 17, 1897 – June 23, 1996) was the [[United States federal judge|chief judge]] of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit]] from 1960 to 1967, when that court became known for a series of decisions crucial in advancing the [[civil rights]] of [[African American]]s during the [[civil rights movement]]. A [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] from [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], he was among the judges that became known as the "[[Fifth Circuit Four]]". At that time, the Fifth Circuit included not only [[Louisiana]], [[Mississippi]], and [[Texas]] (its jurisdiction {{As of|2024|lc=on}}), but also [[Alabama]], Georgia, [[Florida]], and the [[Panama Canal Zone]].