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Gerald McLaughlin

Gerald McLaughlin

Third Circuit Court of Appeals

Born 1893 in Newark, NJ

Died 1977

FJC ID: 1576

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 5/year

Third Circuit Court of Appeals · 1943–19771943196019802000201450
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 20/year

Third Circuit Court of Appeals · 1943–197719431960198020002014200
citing decisions

Third Circuit Court of Appeals · 1943–1977

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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Gerald McLaughlin (May 11, 1893 – December 6, 1977) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Private practice, Newark, New Jersey
    1919–1943
  2. World War I
    World War I
    U.S. Army

Appointments

  1. Third Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    1943–1977 · Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. Fordham University School of Law
    Fordham University School of Law
    LL.B. · 1917
  2. Fordham College
    A.B. · 1914