John Francis Gerry (November 17, 1925 – March 10, 1995) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
John Francis Gerry
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
Born 1925 in Camden, NJ
Died 1995
FJC ID: 835
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 1/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 14/year
New Jersey District Court · 1974–1995
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
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 1990–1994
- Superior Court of New JerseyJudge · 1973–1975
- Camden County [New Jersey] CourtJudge · 1972–1973
- Private practice, Camden, New Jersey1953–1972
U.S. Army Air Forces1944–1946
Appointments
1974–1995 · Appointed by Gerald Ford (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1953- Princeton UniversityA.B. · 1950