John Biggs Jr. (October 6, 1895 – April 15, 1979) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
John Biggs Jr.
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Born 1895 in Wilmington, DE
Died 1979 in Wilmington, DE
FJC ID: 170
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 19/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 209/year
Third Circuit Court of Appeals · 1937–1979
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
- Conference of Senior Circuit Judges, 1939-1948, and Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 1948–1965
- Private practice, Wilmington, Delaware1922–1937
- U.S. Secretary of War, Wilmington, DelawareCivilian aide · 1923–1937
Ordnance and Tank CorpsU.S. Army private · 1917–1918
Appointments
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third CircuitChief Judge1937–1979 · Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1922- Princeton UniversityLitt.B. · 1918