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Gunnar Hans Nordbye

Gunnar Hans Nordbye

Minnesota District Court

Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Born 1888 in Urskog (now Aurskog-Høland), Norway

Died 1977

FJC ID: 1779

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 5/year

Minnesota District Court · 1932–197719321940196019802000201650
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 15/year

Minnesota District Court · 1932–1977193219401960198020002016150
citing decisions

Minnesota District Court · 1932–1977

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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Gunnar Hans Nordbye (February 4, 1888 – November 5, 1977) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Judicial Conference of the United States
    Member · 1958–1962
  2. Minnesota District Court, Fourth Judicial District
    Minnesota District Court, Fourth Judicial District
    Judge · 1925–1931
  3. Minneapolis [Minnesota] Municipal Court
    Judge · 1922–1925
  4. Private practice, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    1912–1922

Appointments

  1. Minnesota District Court
    U.S. District Court for the District of MinnesotaChief Judge
    1932–1977 · Appointed by Herbert Hoover (Republican)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. University of Minnesota Law School
    University of Minnesota Law School
    LL.B. · 1912