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Calvert Magruder

Calvert Magruder

First Circuit Court of Appeals

Chief Judge — U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Born 1893 in Annapolis, MD

Died 1968

FJC ID: 1463

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 29/year

First Circuit Court of Appeals · 1939–1968193919601980200020202024290
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 105/year

First Circuit Court of Appeals · 1939–19681939196019802000202020241050
citing decisions

First Circuit Court of Appeals · 1939–1968

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.

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Cecilius Calvert Magruder (December 26, 1893 – May 22, 1968) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. University of Puerto Rico
    Lecturer · 1962
  2. Columbia University
    Lecturer · 1960–1961
  3. Ohio State University
    Lecturer · 1961
  4. University of California, Hastings College of the Law
    University of California, Hastings College of the Law
    Lecturer · 1959–1960
  5. Harvard Law School
    Harvard Law School
    Faculty · 1920–1939, 1947–1959
    • ↳assistant professor of law · 1920–1925
    • ↳professor of law · 1925–1939
    • ↳vice dean · 1930–1939
    • ↳lecturer · 1947–1959
  6. Conference of Senior Circuit Judges, 1940-1948, and Judicial Conference of the United States
    Member · 1948–1959
  7. Wage and Hour Division, U.S. Department of Labor
    Wage and Hour Division, U.S. Department of Labor
    General counsel · 1938–1939
  8. National Labor Relations Board
    National Labor Relations Board
    General counsel · 1934–1935
  9. U.S. Shipping Board
    Attorney · 1919–1920
  10. Infantry
    Infantry
    U.S. Army lieutenant · 1917–1919
  11. Supreme Court of the United States
    Supreme Court of the United States
    Law clerk , Hon. Louis Brandeis · 1916–1917

Appointments

  1. First Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the First CircuitChief Judge
    1939–1968 · Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland
    A.M. · 1917
  2. Harvard Law School
    Harvard Law School
    LL.B. · 1916
  3. St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland
    A.B. · 1913