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Charles Fahy

Charles Fahy

District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals

Born 1892 in Rome, GA

Died 1979 in Washington, DC

FJC ID: 730

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 17/year

District of Columbia District Court · 1950–1979District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals · 1950–197919501960198020002022170
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 240/year

District of Columbia District Court · 1950–1979District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals · 1950–1979195019601980200020222400
citing decisions

District of Columbia District Court · 1950–1979District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals · 1950–1979

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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Charles Fahy (August 27, 1892 – September 17, 1979) was an American lawyer and judge who served as the 26th Solicitor General of the United States from 1941 to 1945 and later served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1949 until his death in 1979.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunities in the Armed Forces
    Chairman · 1948–1950
  2. Private practice, Washington, D.C.
    1914–1924, 1947–1949
  3. Legal Commission, United Nations General Assembly
    Member · 1947–1949
  4. Personnel Security Review Board, Atomic Energy Commission
    Chairman · 1949
  5. Office of Military Government, United States, in Germany
    Legal adviser · 1945–1946
  6. U.S. Department of State
    U.S. Department of State
    Legal adviser · 1946
  7. Solicitor general of the United States
    1941–1945
  8. San Francisco Conference
    Adviser to American delegation · 1945
  9. President's Naval and Air Base Commission to London
    Member · 1941
  10. National Labor Relations Board
    National Labor Relations Board
    General counsel · 1935–1940
  11. U.S. Department of Justice
    U.S. Department of Justice
    Assistant solicitor general · 1940
  12. Petroleum Advisory Board
    Member · 1933–1935
    • ↳chairman · 1934–1935
  13. Private practice, Santa Fe, New Mexico
    1924–1933
  14. U.S. Department of the Interior
    U.S. Department of the Interior
    First assistant solicitor · 1933
  15. Santa Fe, New Mexico
    City attorney · 1932
  16. U.S. Naval Reserve
    1917–1919

Appointments

  1. District of Columbia District Court
    District of Columbia District Court
    1950–1979
    Term ended: ded
  2. District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
    1950–1979 · Appointed by Harry S Truman (Democratic)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. Georgetown College Law School (now Georgetown University Law Center)
    LL.B. · 1914