Myron Howard Bright (March 5, 1919 – December 12, 2016) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
Myron H. Bright
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1919 in Eveleth, MN
Died 2016 in Fargo, ND
FJC ID: 259
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 38/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 797/year
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1968–2016
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
- Private practice, Fargo, North Dakota1947–1968
U.S. Air Force captain1942–1946
Appointments
1968–2016 · Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
- University of MinnesotaB.S.L.
LL.B. · 1947- Eveleth Junior College (now Mesabi Range Community and Technical College)A.A. · 1939