Carl Eugene McGowan (May 7, 1911 – December 21, 1987) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Carl E. McGowan
District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge — U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Born 1911 in Hymera, IN
Died 1987 in Washington, DC
FJC ID: 1555
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 9/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 243/year
District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals · 1963–1987District of Columbia District Court · 1963–1987
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
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 1981
- Private practice, Chicago, Illinois1953–1963
- Chicago and North Western RailwayGeneral counsel · 1957–1963
- Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson II, IllinoisCounsel · 1949–1953
- Northwestern Law SchoolFaculty · 1939–1942, 1948–1949
- Private practice, Washington, D.C.1946–1948
- U.S. Naval Reserve1942–1945
- Private practice, New York City1936–1939
Appointments
1963–1987 · Appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1936- Dartmouth CollegeA.B. · 1932