John Keating Regan (March 26, 1911 – March 9, 1987) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 18/year
Missouri Eastern District Court · 1962–1987
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
- Circuit Court of Missouri, Eighth Judicial CircuitJudge · 1949–1962
- Private practice, St. Louis, Missouri1935–1939, 1945–1949
U.S. Navy lieutenant1942–1945- St. Louis, MissouriAssistant prosecutor · 1939–1942
Appointments
1962–1987 · Appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
- Benton College of LawLL.B. · 1934