George Gardner Fagg (April 30, 1934 – July 14, 2015) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
George Gardner Fagg
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1934 in Eldora, IA
Died 2015 in Johnston, IA
FJC ID: 729
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 39/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 646/year
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1982–2015
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
- Iowa District Court, Second Judicial DistrictJudge · 1972–1982
- Private practice, Marshalltown, Iowa1958–1972
Appointments
1982–2015 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
J.D. · 1958- Drake UniversityB.A. · 1956