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Hugh Dean McLellan

Hugh Dean McLellan

Massachusetts District Court

Born 1876 in Belfast, ME

Died 1953 in Brookline, MA

FJC ID: 1582

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year

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opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 10/year

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citing decisions

Massachusetts District Court · 1932–1941Massachusetts District Court · 1932–1941

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.

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Hugh Dean McLellan (September 10, 1876 – June 20, 1953) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts
    1902–1932, 1941–1953
  2. Harvard Law School
    Lecturer · 1935–1942
  3. Boston University Law School
    Lecturer · 1929–1938

Appointments

  1. Massachusetts District Court
    1932–1941 · Appointed by Herbert Hoover (Republican)
    Term ended: Resignation
  2. Massachusetts District Court
    1932–1941
    Term ended: resign

Education

  1. Columbia Law School
    LL.B. · 1902
  2. Colby College
    A.B. · 1895