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Melvin T. Brunetti

Melvin T. Brunetti

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Born 1933 in Reno, NV

Died 2009 in Reno, NV

FJC ID: 294

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 12/year

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1985–2009198519902000201020202025120
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 188/year

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1985–20091985199020002010202020251880
citing decisions

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1985–2009

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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Melvin Theodore Brunetti (November 11, 1933 – October 30, 2009) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Private practice, Reno, Nevada
    1964–1985
  2. Council of Legal Advisors to the Republican National Committee
    Member · 1982–1985
  3. Army National Guard
    1954–1956

Appointments

  1. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
    1985–2009 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. University of California Hastings College of the Law (now UC College of the Law, San Francisco)
    J.D. · 1964