Johnson Jay Hayes (January 23, 1886 – October 22, 1970) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 4/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 9/year
North Carolina Middle District Court · 1928–1970
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, Greensboro, North Carolina1927
- Seventeenth Judicial District, North CarolinaProsecutor · 1915–1926
- Private practice, Wilkesboro, North Carolina1909–1915
Appointments
1928–1970 · Appointed by Calvin Coolidge (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- Wake Forest College School of LawLL.B. · 1909