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Frank J. Magill

Frank J. Magill

Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals

Born 1927 in Verona, ND

Died 2013 in Fargo, ND

FJC ID: 1460

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 56/year

Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1986–2013198619902000201020202026560
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 1,297/year

Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1986–20131986199020002010202020261.3k0
citing decisions

Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1986–2013

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.

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Frank John Magill (June 3, 1927 – June 2, 2013) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Private practice, Fargo, North Dakota
    1955–1986
  2. U.S. Navy seaman
    1945–1947

Appointments

  1. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
    1986–2013 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. Georgetown College (now Georgetown University) Law Center
    LL.B. · 1955
  2. Columbia University
    M.A. · 1953
  3. Georgetown College (now Georgetown University), School of Foreign Service
    B.S.F.S. · 1951