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Monroe G. McKay

Monroe G. McKay

Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals

Chief Judge — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Born 1928 in Huntsville, UT

Died 2020 in Orem, UT

FJC ID: 1561

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 18/year

Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1977–20201977198019902000201020202025180
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 221/year

Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1977–202019771980199020002010202020252210
citing decisions

Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1977–2020

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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Monroe Gunn McKay (May 30, 1928 – March 28, 2020) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Judicial Conference of the United States
    Member · 1991–1993
  2. Federal Judicial Center
    Federal Judicial Center
    Board member · 1989–1991
  3. Brigham Young University Law School
    Faculty · 1974–1977
    • ↳associate professor · 1974–1976
    • ↳professor · 1976–1977
  4. Private practice, Phoenix, Arizona
    1961–1966, 1968–1974
  5. Peace Corps, Malawi, Africa
    Director · 1966–1968
  6. Arizona Supreme Court
    Law clerk , Hon. Jesse A. Udall · 1960–1961
  7. U.S. Marine Corps
    1946–1948

Appointments

  1. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth CircuitChief Judge
    1977–2020 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. University of Chicago Law School
    University of Chicago Law School
    J.D. · 1960
  2. Brigham Young University
    B.S. · 1957