Edward Thaxter Gignoux (June 28, 1916 – November 4, 1988) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maine.
Edward Thaxter Gignoux
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of Maine
Born 1916 in Portland, ME
Died 1988 in Portland, ME
FJC ID: 853
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 24/year
Maine District Court · 1957–1988
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
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 1967–1973
- Private practice, Portland, Maine1946–1957
U.S. Army1942–1946- Private practice, Washington, D.C.1941–1942
- Private practice, Buffalo, New York1940–1941
Appointments
1957–1988 · Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1940- Harvard CollegeA.B. · 1937