Allen Sharp (February 11, 1932 – July 9, 2009) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.
Allen Sharp
Indiana Northern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
Born 1932 in Washington, DC
Died 2009 in Granger, IN
FJC ID: 2160
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 7/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 23/year
Indiana Court of Appeals · 1969–1973Indiana Northern District Court · 1973–2009
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
U.S. Air Force Reserve lieutenant colonel1957–1984- Court of Appeals of IndianaJudge · 1969–1973
- Private practice, Williamsport, Indiana1957–1968
Appointments
1973–2009 · Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (Republican)Term ended: Death- 1969–1973
Education
- George Washington Universityba
- Butler UniversityM.A. · 1986
- Indiana University School of Law -- Bloomington (now Maurer School of Law)J.D. · 1957
- George Washington UniversityB.A. · 1954