John Coleman Pickett (September 3, 1896 – September 1, 1983) was an American soldier, United States Attorney, and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 21/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 383/year
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1949–1983
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, Wyoming1922–1949
District of WyomingAssistant U.S. attorney · 1935–1949- U.S. attorney for the District of Wyoming1949
- Laramie County, WyomingCounty attorney and prosecutor · 1928–1924
- State of WyomingAssistant attorney general · 1923–1925
World War IU.S. Army second lieutenant
Appointments
1949–1983 · Appointed by Harry S Truman (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
- University of Nebraska College of LawLL.B. · 1922