Ellen Lucille Bree Burns (December 13, 1923 – June 3, 2019) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.
Ellen Bree Burns
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut
Born 1923 in New Haven, CT
Died 2019 in New Haven, CT
FJC ID: 323
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 7/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 16/year
Connecticut District Court · 1978–1992Connecticut District Court · 1978–2019
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
- Female
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Connecticut Superior CourtJudge · 1976–1978
- Connecticut Court of Common PleasJudge · 1974–1976
- Connecticut Circuit CourtJudge · 1973–1974
- Legislative Legal Services, Connecticut General AssemblyAttorney · 1949–1973
- Commission to Revise the Connecticut General StatutesSpecial assistant · 1947–1948
Appointments
1978–1992
1978–2019 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1947- Albertus Magnus CollegeB.A. · 1944