John Simpson Hastings (June 30, 1898 – February 7, 1977) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
John Simpson Hastings
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Born 1898 in Washington, IN
Died 1977
FJC ID: 997
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 32/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 279/year
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1957–1977
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 · 1959–1968
- Private practice, Washington, Indiana1924–1957
Field ArtilleryU.S. Army lieutenant · 1920–1921
Appointments
1957–1977 · Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- Indiana University School of Law -- Bloomington (now Maurer School of Law)LL.B. · 1924
- U.S. Military AcademyB.S. · 1920