Edward John Leavy (August 14, 1929 – March 12, 2023) was an American jurist who served as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review, and the United States District Court for the District of Oregon.
Edward Leavy
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1929 in near Aurora, OR
Died 2023 in Wilsonville, OR
FJC ID: 1362
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 13/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 262/year
Oregon District Court · 1984–1987Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1987–2023
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
- Oregon Circuit Court, Lane CountyJudge · 1961–1976
- Supreme Court of OregonJustice pro tem · 1974
Judge · 1957–1961- Lane County, OregonDeputy district attorney · 1954–1957
- Private practice, Eugene, Oregon1953–1954
Appointments
1987–2023 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Death- 1984–1987 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
- Notre Dame Law SchoolLL.B. · 1953
- University of PortlandA.B. · 1950