Harold Herman Greene (born Heinz Grünhaus; February 6, 1923 – January 29, 2000) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
Harold H. Greene
District of Columbia District Court
Born 1923 in Frankfurt, Germany
Died 2000 in Washington, DC
FJC ID: 913
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 44/year
District of Columbia District Court · 1978–2000District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978–2000
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
Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of JusticeChief of appeals and research · 1957–1965- District of ColumbiaAssistant U.S. attorney · 1953–1957
Law clerk , Hon. Bennett Champ Clark · 1952–1953
Appointments
1978–2000 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
J.D. · 1952- George Washington UniversityB.A. · 1949