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Donald Roe Ross

Donald Roe Ross

Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals

Born 1922 in Orleans, NE

Died 2013 in Omaha, NE

FJC ID: 2057

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 29/year

Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1970–20131970198019902000201020202026290
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 602/year

Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1970–201319701980199020002010202020266020
citing decisions

Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1970–2013

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 Roe Ross (June 8, 1922 – December 18, 2013) 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. Private practice, Omaha, Nebraska
    1956–1970
  2. Republican National Committee
    Member from Nebraska · 1958–1970
    • ↳vice chairman · 1965–1970
  3. Republican Party of Nebraska
    General counsel · 1956–1958
  4. U.S. attorney for the District of Nebraska
    1953–1956
  5. Private practice, Lexington, Nebraska
    1948–1953
  6. Republican Executive Committee, Nebraska
    Member · 1952–1953
  7. Lexington, Nebraska
    Mayor · 1953
  8. Air Corps
    Air Corps
    U.S. Army major · 1942–1946

Appointments

  1. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
    1970–2013 · Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (Republican)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. University of Nebraska College of Law
    J.D. · 1948