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Charles Joseph Vogel

Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals

Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Born 1898 in Star Lake Township, MN

Died 1980

FJC ID: 2464

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 21/year

North Dakota District Court · 1941–1954Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1954–1980194119601980200020202024210
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 216/year

North Dakota District Court · 1941–1954Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1954–19801941196019802000202020242160
citing decisions

North Dakota District Court · 1941–1954Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1954–1980

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 Joseph Vogel (September 20, 1898 – September 8, 1980) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota.

Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Judicial Conference of the United States
    Member · 1965–1967
  2. Private practice, Fargo, North Dakota
    1925–1941
  3. Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate from North Dakota
    1940
  4. Private practice, Minot, North Dakota
    1924–1925
  5. U.S. Army sergeant
    1918–1919

Appointments

  1. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
    1954–1980 · Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
    Term ended: Death
  2. North Dakota District Court
    1941–1954 · Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
    Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position

Education

  1. University of Minnesota Law School