Herbert Stephenson Boreman (September 21, 1897 – March 26, 1982) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia.
Herbert Stephenson Boreman
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1897 in Middlebourne, WV
Died 1982 in Parkersburg, WV
FJC ID: 215
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 21/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 285/year
West Virginia Northern District Court · 1954–1959Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1959–1982
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, Parkersburg, West Virginia1920–1923, 1927–1929, 1932–1954
- West VirginiaState senator · 1942–1950
- Wood County, West VirginiaProsecutor · 1929–1932
Assistant U.S. attorney1923–1927
Divorce commissioner · 1923–1927
Appointments
1959–1982 · Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)Term ended: Death- 1954–1959 · Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
- West Virginia University College of LawLL.B. · 1920