Robert Elbert Cooper Sr. (October 14, 1920 – July 10, 2016)[2] was an American judge.
He was a justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court from 1974 until his retirement in 1990. Cooper was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and attended the University of North Carolina (1946) and Vanderbilt University (1949).
[3] Robert E. Cooper Sr. died on July 10, 2016, at his home on Signal Mountain, Tennessee, following a brief illness.
[4] His son, Robert E. Cooper Jr., is the former Attorney General of Tennessee, serving from 2006 until 2014.
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