Collins Jacques Seitz (June 20, 1914 – October 16, 1998) was an American judge and lawyer from Wilmington, Delaware. He was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit from 1966 to 1998, and was its chief judge from 1971 to 1984. He also served as the presiding judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review from 1987 to 1994.
Collins Jacques Seitz
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Born 1914 in Wilmington, DE
Died 1998 in Wilmington, DE
FJC ID: 2139
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 23/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 467/year
Third Circuit Court of Appeals · 1966–1998
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 · 1971–1984
- Delaware Court of ChanceryChancellor · 1951–1966
- Delaware Court of ChanceryVice chancellor · 1946–1951
- Delaware Supreme CourtJustice · 1949–1951
- Private practice, Wilmington, Delaware1940–1946
Appointments
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third CircuitChief Judge1966–1998 · Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1940- University of DelawareA.B. · 1937