Joseph Francis Weis Jr. (March 12, 1923 – March 19, 2014) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
Joseph Francis Weis Jr.
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1923 in Pittsburgh, PA
Died 2014 in Fox Chapel, PA
FJC ID: 2540
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 26/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 841/year
Pennsylvania Western District Court · 1970–1973Third Circuit Court of Appeals · 1973–2014
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
Adjunct professor · 1986–present- Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County [Pennsylvania]Judge · 1968–1970
- Private practice, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania1950–1968
U.S. Army captain1943–1948
Appointments
1973–2014 · Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (Republican)Term ended: Death
1970–1973 · Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
- J.D. · 1950
- Duquesne UniversityB.A. · 1947