Leonard I. Garth (April 7, 1921 – September 22, 2016) 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 District of New Jersey.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 23/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 658/year
New Jersey District Court · 1969–1973Third Circuit Court of Appeals · 1973–2016
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.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Rutgers Law SchoolLecturer · 1978–present
- Seton Hall Law SchoolLecturer · 1980–present
- Private practice, Paterson, New Jersey1952–1970
U.S. Army lieutenant1943–1946
Appointments
1973–2016 · Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (Republican)Term ended: Death
1969–1973 · Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
LL.B. · 1952- Columbia UniversityB.A. · 1942