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George Hugo Boldt

George Hugo Boldt

Washington Western District Court

Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Born 1903 in Chicago, IL

Died 1984

FJC ID: 205

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year

Washington Western District Court · 1953–19841953196019802000201720
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 17/year

Washington Western District Court · 1953–198419531960198020002017170
citing decisions

Washington Western District Court · 1953–1984

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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George Hugo Boldt (December 28, 1903 – March 18, 1984) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington and lived in Tacoma, Washington.

Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Private practice, Tacoma, Washington
    1946–1953
  2. Pierce County, Washington
    Special prosecutor · 1948–1949
  3. State of Washington
    State of Washington
    Special deputy attorney general · 1940, 1946–1947
  4. Private practice, Seattle, Washington
    1928–1945
  5. U.S. Army lieutenant colonel
    1942–1945
  6. Private practice, Helena, Montana
    1926–1927

Appointments

  1. Washington Western District Court
    1953–1984 · Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. University of Montana School of Law
    LL.B. · 1926
  2. University of Montana
    B.A. · 1925