Howard Frederic Sachs (born September 13, 1925) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri. He also is a former federal judicial nominee to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
Howard Frederic Sachs
Missouri Western District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri
Born 1925 in Kansas City, MO
FJC ID: 2087
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 21/year
Missouri Western District Court · 1979–1992
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, Kansas City, Missouri1951–1979
Law clerk , Hon. Albert A. Ridge · 1950–1951
U.S. Navy electrical technician's mate second class1944–1946
Appointments
- 1979–1992 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Education
J.D. · 1950- Williams CollegeA.B. · 1947