Frank Henry Kerrigan (September 17, 1868 – February 9, 1935) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. He also served for nearly 30 years as a California state court judge, and was an associate justice of the California Supreme Court from January 8, 1923, to February 11, 1924.
Frank Henry Kerrigan
California Northern District Court
Born 1868 in Contra Costa County, CA
Died 1935
FJC ID: 1269
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 11/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 12/year
California Supreme Court · 1923–1924California Northern District Court · 1924–1935
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
- Supreme Court of CaliforniaJustice · 1923–1924
- California Court of AppealAssociate justice · 1906–1922
- Superior Court of CaliforniaJudge · 1900–1906
Private practice · 1890–1900- San Francisco, CaliforniaJustice of the peace · 1894–1900
Appointments
1924–1935 · Appointed by Calvin Coolidge (Republican)Term ended: Death
1923–1924
Education
- Read law1889