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Edward Matthew McEntee

First Circuit Court of Appeals

Born 1906 in Providence, RI

Died 1981

FJC ID: 1547

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 4/year

First Circuit Court of Appeals · 1965–19811965197019801990200020102020202440
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 49/year

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citing decisions

First Circuit Court of Appeals · 1965–1981

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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Edward Matthew McEntee (October 21, 1906 – February 14, 1981) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. U.S. attorney for the District of Rhode Island
    1952–1953
  2. Private practice, Providence, Rhode Island
    1933–1952
  3. District of Rhode Island
    District of Rhode Island
    Assistant U.S. attorney · 1940–1951
  4. Rhode Island
    State representative · 1935–1939

Appointments

  1. First Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
    1965–1981 · Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. Boston University School of Law
    Boston University School of Law
    LL.B. · 1933
  2. College of the Holy Cross
    A.B. · 1928