Frederick George Hamley (October 24, 1903 – May 5, 1975) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 26/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 425/year
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1956–1975
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 the State of WashingtonJustice · 1949–1956
- ↳chief justice · 1955–1956
- National Association of Railroad and Utilities Commissioners1943–1949
- ↳assistant general solicitor · 1943–1945
- ↳general solicitor · 1945–1949
- Department of Public Service, State of WashingtonDirector · 1941–1943
State of Washington/legal advisor, Gov. Arthur B. Langlie, WashingtonSpecial assistant attorney general · 1941- Grand Coulee Dam, U.S. Bureau of ReclamationAssistant district counsel · 1938–1940
- Private practice, Seattle, Washington1932–1938
- Seattle [Washington] Water DepartmentSuperintendent · 1938
Appointments
1956–1975 · Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- University of WashingtonB.A.
LL.B. · 1932