Latham Castle (February 27, 1900 – March 10, 1986) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Latham Castle
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Born 1900 in Sandwich, IL
Died 1986
FJC ID: 399
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 29/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 415/year
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1959–1986
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 · 1968–1969
- State of IllinoisAttorney general · 1952–1959
- DeKalb County [Illinois] CourtJudge · 1942–1952
State of IllinoisAssistant attorney general · 1940–1942- DeKalb County, IllinoisState's attorney · 1928–1940
- Sandwich, IllinoisCity attorney · 1925–1928
- Sycamore, IllinoisCorporation counsel · 1928
- Private practice, Sandwich, Illinois1924–1925
U.S. Army1918
Appointments
1959–1986 · Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)Term ended: Death
