Morris Sheppard Arnold (born October 8, 1941) is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 48/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 620/year
Arkansas Western District Court · 1985–1992Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1992–2006
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
Professor · 1984–1985
Visiting professor · 1985- Indiana University School of LawDean · 1985
Professor · 1981–1984- Private practice, Little Rock, Arkansas1981–1984
- Chancery Court of Pulaski County, ArkansasSpecial master · 1983
- Arkansas Supreme CourtSpecial chief justice · 1982
- University of Pennsylvania/professor, University of Pennsylvania Law SchoolVice president · 1977–1981
- Indiana University School of LawProfessor · 1971–1977
- Harvard UniversityTeaching fellow in law · 1969–1970
- Private practice, Texarkana, Arkansas1968
Appointments
1992–2006 · Appointed by George H.W. Bush (Republican)
1985–1992 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
S.J.D. · 1971- LL.M. · 1969
- LL.B. · 1968
- University of ArkansasB.S.E.E. · 1965