Montgomery Oliver Koelsch (March 5, 1912 – September 1, 1992) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Montgomery Oliver Koelsch
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1912 in Boise, ID
Died 1992 in Seattle, WA
FJC ID: 1304
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 14/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 169/year
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1959–1992
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
Judge · 1951–1959- Private practice, Boise, Idaho1936–1950
- Ada County, IdahoAssistant prosecutor · 1939–1945
Appointments
1959–1992 · Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1935- University of WashingtonB.A. · 1932