John Caskie Collet (May 25, 1898 – December 5, 1955) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri and the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.
John Caskie Collet
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1898 in Keytesville, MO
Died 1955 in Kansas City, MO
FJC ID: 477
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 13/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 54/year
Missouri Eastern District Court · 1937–1947Missouri Western District Court · 1937–1947Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1947–1955
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
- Supreme Court of MissouriJudge · 1935–1937
- Missouri Public Service CommissionChairman · 1933–1935
- Missouri State Highway DepartmentAssistant counsel · 1930–1933
- Private practice, Salisbury, Missouri1921–1929
- Charlton County, MissouriProsecutor · 1925–1929
- Salisbury, MissouriCity attorney · 1922–1924
Air CorpsU.S. Army · 1917–1918
Appointments
1947–1955 · Appointed by Harry S Truman (Democratic)Term ended: Death
1937–1947 · Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
1937–1947 · Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
- Read law1920