Harry Pregerson (October 13, 1923 – November 25, 2017) was a United States circuit judge appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit by President Jimmy Carter in 1979.
Harry Pregerson
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1923 in Los Angeles, CA
Died 2017 in Los Angeles, CA
FJC ID: 1934
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 20/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 442/year
California Central District Court · 1967–1979Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1979–2017
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
- Superior Court of California, County of Los AngelesJudge · 1966–1967
- Los Angeles [California] Municipal CourtJudge · 1965–1966
- Private practice, Van Nuys, California1953–1965
- Private practice, Los Angeles, California1951–1953
U.S. Marine Corps first lieutenant1944–1946
Appointments
1979–2017 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)Term ended: Death
1967–1979 · Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
- University of California, Berkeley, School of LawLL.B. · 1950
- University of California, Los AngelesB.A. · 1947