Arlin Marvin Adams (April 16, 1921 – December 22, 2015) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. As late as 2013 he served as counsel to Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP, and was listed as a NAFTA adjudicator.
Arlin Marvin Adams
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1921 in Philadelphia, PA
Died 2015 in Philadelphia, PA
FJC ID: 8
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 23/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 864/year
Third Circuit Court of Appeals · 1969–1987
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
- Private practice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania1987–present
Board member · 1985–1987- Private practice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania1947–1969
- Commonwealth of PennsylvaniaSecretary of public welfare · 1963–1966
Faculty · 1952–1956- American Institute of BankingFaculty · 1949–1952
Appointments
1969–1987 · Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (Republican)Term ended: Retirement
Education
- Temple UniversityM.A. · 1950
- Temple UniversityB.S. · 1941