Elisha Avery Crary (June 24, 1905 – April 28, 1978) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California and the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Elisha Avery Crary
California Central District Court
Born 1905 in Grundy Center, IA
Died 1978
FJC ID: 532
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 12/year
California Southern District Court · 1962–1966California Central District Court · 1966–1978
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
- Superior Court of California, County of Los AngelesJudge · 1961–1962
- Private practice, Los Angeles, California1930–1941, 1946–1961
U.S. Army Reserve1931–1957- U.S. Army1941–1946
Appointments
1966–1978 (None (reassignment))Term ended: Death
1962–1966 · Appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)Term ended: Reassignment
Education
- University of Southern CaliforniaB.A. · 1929
- University of Southern California Law School (now Gould School of Law)J.D. · 1929