Harry Ellis Kalodner (March 28, 1896 – March 15, 1977) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Harry Ellis Kalodner
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Born 1896 in Philadelphia, PA
Died 1977 in Philadelphia, PA
FJC ID: 1221
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 15/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 257/year
Pennsylvania Eastern District Court · 1939–1946Third Circuit Court of Appeals · 1946–1977
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.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 1966
- Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County [Pennsylvania]Judge · 1936–1937
- Private practice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania1917–1935
- Commonwealth of PennsylvaniaSecretary of revenue · 1935
- Philadelphia RecordFinancial and political editor · 1928–1934
- Philadelphia North AmericanStaff member · 1919–1925
JAG Department, World War IU.S. Army
Appointments
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third CircuitChief Judge1946–1977 · Appointed by Harry S Truman (Democratic)Term ended: Death
1939–1946 · Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
