Caleb Rodney Layton III (July 4, 1907 – May 6, 1988) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 4/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 9/year
Delaware District Court · 1957–1988
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
- Superior Court of DelawareJudge · 1947–1957
Appointments
1957–1988 · Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- Princeton UniversityA.B. · 1930