Lawrence K. Karlton (May 28, 1935 – July 11, 2015) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California in Sacramento, California.
Lawrence K. Karlton
California Eastern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
Born 1935 in Brooklyn, NY
Died 2015 in Sacramento, CA
FJC ID: 1227
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 17/year
California Eastern District Court · 1979–2015
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
- Superior Court of California, County of SacramentoJudge · 1976–1979
- Private practice, Sacramento, California1962–1976
- Sacramento [California] Army DepotCivilian legal officer · 1960–1962
U.S. Army1958–1960
Appointments
1979–2015 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
J.D. · 1958