Harrie Brigham Chase (August 9, 1889 – November 17, 1969) was an American lawyer and judge. He served briefly on the Supreme Court of Vermont, and then was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Harrie Brigham Chase
Second Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Born 1889 in Whitingham, VT
Died 1969 in Vernon, VT
FJC ID: 413
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 17/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 111/year
Second Circuit Court of Appeals · 1929–1969
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
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 1953–1954
- Vermont Supreme CourtAssociate justice · 1927–1929
- Vermont Superior CourtJudge · 1919–1927
- ↳chief judge · 1926–1927
- Private practice, Brattleboro, Vermont1912–1919
- Windham County, VermontState's attorney · 1919
Appointments
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitChief Judge1929–1969 · Appointed by Calvin Coolidge (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1912- Dartmouth CollegeA.B. · 1909