Charles Robert Wolle (October 16, 1935 – December 6, 2022) was an American jurist who served as a justice of the Iowa Supreme Court from 1983 to 1987, and as a federal judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa from 1987 until his death.
Charles Robert Wolle
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa
Born 1935 in Sioux City, IA
Died 2022 in Westminster, CO
FJC ID: 2631
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 11/year
Supreme Court of Iowa · 1983–1987Iowa Southern District Court · 1987–2022
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
- National Judicial CollegeFaculty · 1983–present
- Iowa Supreme CourtJustice · 1983–1987
- Iowa District Court, Third Judicial DistrictJudge · 1981–1983
- Private practice, Sioux City, Iowa1961–1980
U.S. Army Reserve sergeant1961–1967
Appointments
1987–2022 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Death
1983–1987
Education
- Harvard Universityba
J.D. · 1961- Harvard CollegeA.B. · 1959