Ellsworth Alfred Van Graafeiland (May 11, 1915 – November 20, 2004) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Ellsworth Alfred Van Graafeiland
Second Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1915 in Rochester, NY
Died 2004 in Rochester, NY
FJC ID: 2443
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 8/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 104/year
Second Circuit Court of Appeals · 1974–2004
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
- Private practice, Rochester, New York1940–1974
Appointments
1974–2004 · Appointed by Gerald Ford (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1940- University of RochesterA.B. · 1937