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Kermit Edward Bye

Kermit Edward Bye

Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals

Born 1937 in Hatton, ND

Died 2021 in Fargo, ND

FJC ID: 2852

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 29/year

Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 2000–20162000201020202026290
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 362/year

Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 2000–201620002010202020263620
citing decisions

Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 2000–2016

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.

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Kermit Edward Bye (January 13, 1937 – March 20, 2021) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Private practice, Fargo, North Dakota
    1968–2000
  2. District of North Dakota
    District of North Dakota
    Assistant U.S. attorney · 1966–1968
  3. State of North Dakota
    State of North Dakota
    Special assistant attorney general · 1964–1966
  4. State of North Dakota
    Deputy securities commissioner · 1962–1964

Appointments

  1. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
    2000–2016 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)
    Term ended: Retirement

Education

  1. University of North Dakota School of Law
    J.D. · 1962
  2. University of North Dakota
    B.S. · 1959