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James Emmett Barrett

James Emmett Barrett

Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals

Born 1922 in Lusk, WY

Died 2011 in Cheyenne, WY

FJC ID: 106

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 88/year

Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1971–20111971198019902000201020202026880
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 945/year

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citing decisions

Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1971–2011

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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James Emmett Barrett (April 8, 1922 – November 7, 2011) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. State of Wyoming
    Attorney general · 1967–1971
  2. Private practice, Lusk, Wyoming
    1949–1967
  3. Niobrara County Republican Central Committee, Wyoming
    Secretary-treasurer · 1950–1966
  4. Lusk, Wyoming
    Prosecuting attorney · 1951–1962
  5. Niobrara Consolidated School District, Wyoming
    Attorney · 1952–1962
  6. Lusk, Wyoming
    Town attorney · 1954–1956
  7. U.S. Army
    1942–1945

Appointments

  1. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
    1971–2011 · Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (Republican)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. University of Wyoming College of Law
    University of Wyoming College of Law
    LL.B. · 1949