Albert Branson Maris (December 19, 1893 – February 7, 1989) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Albert Branson Maris
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1893 in Philadelphia, PA
Died 1989 in Lansdale, PA
FJC ID: 1478
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 18/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 234/year
Pennsylvania Eastern District Court · 1936–1938Third Circuit Court of Appeals · 1938–1989
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Temple University Law SchoolAdjunct professor of law · 1941–1955
- Private practice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania1919–1936
- The Legal IntelligencerEditor · 1935–1936
- Proportional Representation League, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaAssistant secretary · 1918–1919
- Bureau of Municipal Research, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaLegal staff member · 1919
U.S. Army private1918
Appointments
1938–1989 · Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)Term ended: Death
1936–1938 · Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
- Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry1926
- Temple University School of Law (now James E. Beasley School of Law)LL.B. · 1918