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Duncan Lawrence Groner

Duncan Lawrence Groner

District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals

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

Born 1873 in Norfolk, VA

Died 1957

FJC ID: 921

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 9/year

Virginia Eastern District Court · 1921–1931District of Columbia District Court · 1931–1937District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals · 1931–1938District of Columbia District Court · 1937–1957District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals · 1937–195719211940196019802000202190
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 11/year

Virginia Eastern District Court · 1921–1931District of Columbia District Court · 1931–1937District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals · 1931–1938District of Columbia District Court · 1937–1957District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals · 1937–1957192119401960198020002021110
citing decisions

Virginia Eastern District Court · 1921–1931District of Columbia District Court · 1931–1937District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals · 1931–1938District of Columbia District Court · 1937–1957District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals · 1937–1957

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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Duncan Lawrence Groner (September 6, 1873 – July 17, 1957) was an Associate Justice and later Chief Justice of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Conference of Senior Circuit Judges (now Judicial Conference of the United States)
    Member · 1938–1947
  2. Private practice, Norfolk, Virginia
    1894–1921
  3. Republican National Convention
    Delegate · 1904, 1908, 1912, 1916, 1920
  4. U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia
    1910–1913

Appointments

  1. District of Columbia District Court
    District of Columbia District Court
    1937–1957
    Term ended: ded
  2. District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia CircuitChief Justice
    1937–1957 · Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
    Term ended: Death
  3. District of Columbia District Court
    District of Columbia District Court
    1931–1937
    Term ended: other_pos
  4. District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
    1931–1938 · Appointed by Herbert Hoover (Republican)
    Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
  5. Virginia Eastern District Court
    U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
    1921–1931 · Appointed by Warren G. Harding (Republican)
    Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position

Education

  1. University of Virginia
  2. Washington and Lee University
  3. University of Virginia-Main Campus