Jack Edward Tanner (January 28, 1919 – January 10, 2006) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington and the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.
Jack Edward Tanner
Washington Eastern District Court
Born 1919 in Tacoma, WA
Died 2006 in Tacoma, WA
FJC ID: 2338
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 27/year
Washington Eastern District Court · 1978–1978Washington Western District Court · 1978–2006
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
- African American
Prior employment
- Private practice, Tacoma, Washington1955–1978
U.S. Army1943–1945
Appointments
1978–1978 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)Term ended: Reassignment
1978–2006 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1955