Austin Leander Staley (December 30, 1902 – August 3, 1978) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Austin Leander Staley
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Born 1902 in Pittsburgh, PA
Died 1978 in Fox Chapel, PA
FJC ID: 2269
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 20/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 310/year
Third Circuit Court of Appeals · 1950–1978
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
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 1966–1967
- Private practice, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania1928–1950
Department of Labor and Industry, Commonwealth of PennsylvaniaDeputy secretary · 1936–1939- Workmen's Compensation Bureau, Commonwealth of PennsylvaniaDirector · 1935–1936
Commonwealth of PennsylvaniaDeputy attorney general · 1934–1935- Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaAssistant city solicitor · 1934
Appointments
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third CircuitChief Judge1950–1978 · Appointed by Harry S Truman (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1928