Arthur F. Lederle (November 25, 1887 – April 29, 1972) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Arthur F. Lederle
Michigan Eastern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Born 1887 in Leland, MI
Died 1972
FJC ID: 1365
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 30/year
Michigan Eastern District Court · 1936–1972
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
Professor · 1927–1946- Detroit, MichiganAssistant city attorney · 1923–1933, 1934–1936
State of MichiganSpecial assistant attorney general · 1933–1934- Detroit [Michigan] Compulsory Education DepartmentSupervisor · 1920–1923
- Detroit [Michigan] Board of EducationAttendance officer · 1914–1920
Appointments
1936–1972 · Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
- University of Detroit Law School (now University of Detroit Mercy School of Law)LL.M. · 1923
- Detroit College of Law (now Michigan State University College of Law)LL.B. · 1915
- Eastern Michigan College1909