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Donald Pomery Lay

Donald Pomery Lay

Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals

Chief Judge — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Born 1926 in Princeton, IL

Died 2007 in North Oaks, MN

FJC ID: 1356

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 31/year

Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1966–200719661970198019902000201020202025310
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 730/year

Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1966–2007196619701980199020002010202020257300
citing decisions

Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1966–2007

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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Donald Pomery Lay (August 24, 1926 – April 29, 2007) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. William Mitchell School of Law
    Instructor · 1983–2007
  2. University of Minnesota School of Law
    University of Minnesota School of Law
    Professor · 1983–2007
  3. Judicial Conference of the United States
    Member · 1980–1991
  4. Private practice, Omaha, Nebraska
    1951–1953, 1954–1966
  5. Omaha University (now University of Nebraska Omaha) (part-time)
    Instructor · 1956–1957
  6. Private practice, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    1953–1954
  7. U.S. Navy seaman
    1944–1945

Appointments

  1. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth CircuitChief Judge
    1966–2007 · Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. University of Iowa College of Law
    University of Iowa College of Law
    J.D. · 1951
  2. University of Iowa
    B.A. · 1949