Howard G. Munson (July 26, 1924 – October 5, 2008) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York from 1976 to 2008 and chief judge from 1980 to 1988.
Howard G. Munson
New York Northern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York
Born 1924 in Claremont, NH
Died 2008 in Syracuse, NY
FJC ID: 1717
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 9/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 22/year
New York Northern District Court · 1976–2008
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, Syracuse, New York1952–1976
- Syracuse [New York] Board of EducationMember · 1965–1973
- ↳president · 1968–1970
U.S. Army1943–1945
Appointments
1976–2008 · Appointed by Gerald Ford (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1952- University of PennsylvaniaB.S. · 1948