John Francis Nangle (June 8, 1922 – August 24, 2008) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.
John Francis Nangle
Missouri Eastern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
Born 1922 in St. Louis, MO
Died 2008 in Savannah, GA
FJC ID: 1734
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 52/year
Missouri Eastern District Court · 1973–2008
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
Chair · 1990–2000- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 1985–1990
- Private practice, St. Louis and Clayton, Missouri1948–1973
- St. Louis County, MissouriSpecial legal advisor · 1963–1973
JAG Department/CorpsU.S. Army Reserve captain · 1946–1971- Brentwood, MissouriCity attorney · 1953–1963
- U.S. Army sergeant1943–1946
Appointments
1973–2008 · Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- Washington University School of LawJ.D. · 1948
- University of MissouriB.S. · 1943
- Harris Teachers College (now Harris-Stowe State University)A.A. · 1941