Francis Joseph Boyle (June 14, 1927 – September 11, 2006) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island.
Francis Joseph Boyle
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island
Born 1927 in Providence, RI
Died 2006 in Newport, RI
FJC ID: 229
Career output and lasting influence
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 13/year
Rhode Island District Court · 1977–2006
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 · 1991–1994
- Private practice, Newport, Rhode Island1953–1977
- Private practice, Pawtucket, Rhode Island1953
U.S. Navy1945–1946
Appointments
1977–2006 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
J.D. · 1952