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Martin Pence

Hawaii District Court

Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii

Born 1904 in Sterling, KS

Died 2000 in Maunawili, HI

FJC ID: 1862

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year

Hawaii District Court · 1961–200019611970198019902000200730
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 12/year

Hawaii District Court · 1961–2000196119701980199020002007120
citing decisions

Hawaii District Court · 1961–2000

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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Martin Pence (November 18, 1904 – May 29, 2000) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii.

Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Private practice, Hilo, Hawaii
    1936–1945, 1950–1961

Appointments

  1. Hawaii District Court
    1961–2000 · Appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
    Term ended: Retirement

Education

  1. University of California, Berkeley, School of Law
  2. Read law
    1928