James Marshall Sprouse (December 3, 1923 – July 3, 2004) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
James Marshall Sprouse
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1923 in Williamson, WV
Died 2004 in Charleston, WV
FJC ID: 2259
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 13/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 250/year
West Virginia Supreme Court · 1973–1975Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1979–1995
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, West Virginia1951–1952, 1957–1972, 1975–1979
- Supreme Court of Appeals of West VirginiaJustice · 1972–1975
Central Intelligence Agency1952–1957- Displaced Persons CommissionCounsel · 1950–1951
- University of Bordeaux, FranceFulbright Scholar in international law · 1950
State of West VirginiaAssistant attorney general · 1949
104th DivisionU.S. Army · 1942–1945
Appointments
1979–1995 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)Term ended: Retirement
Education
- Columbia University in the City of New Yorkjd
LL.B. · 1949- St. Bonaventure UniversityA.B. · 1947