John Alden Riner (October 12, 1850 – March 4, 1923) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming.
John Alden Riner
Born 1850 in Preble County, OH
Died 1923 in Cheyenne, WY
FJC ID: 2012
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 11/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 11/year
Wyoming District Court · 1890–1923Wyoming District Court · 1890–1923
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, Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory1879–1884, 1886–1890
U.S. attorney for the District of Wyoming Territory1884–1886- Territorial Council, Wyoming TerritoryMember · 1886
- Cheyenne, Wyoming TerritoryCity attorney · 1881–1884
Appointments
1890–1923 · Appointed by Benjamin Harrison (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1879