Gustave Diamond (January 29, 1928 – October 30, 2021) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
Gustave Diamond
Pennsylvania Western District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Born 1928 in Burgettstown, PA
Died 2021 in Peters Township, PA
FJC ID: 610
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 25/year
Pennsylvania Western District Court · 1978–2021
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
- Private practice, Washington, Pennsylvania1976–1978
- Private practice, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania1969–1975
U.S. attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania1963–1969- Western District of PennsylvaniaAssistant U.S. attorney · 1961–1963
Law clerk , Hon. Rabe F. Marsh · 1956–1961
U.S. Navy seaman1946–1948
Appointments
- 1978–2021 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
J.D. · 1956- Duke UniversityA.B. · 1951