Olin Hatfield "Chilly" Chilson (November 22, 1903 – September 28, 1991) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 10/year
Colorado District Court · 1960–1991
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
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 1970–1973
- Private practice, Denver, Colorado1958–1960
- Undersecretary of the interior1957–1958
- Assistant secretary of the interior1956–1957
- Private practice, Loveland, Colorado1928–1954
- Eighth Judicial District, ColoradoDistrict attorney · 1940–1948
- Private practice, Greeley, Colorado1927–1928
- Private practice, La Jara, Colorado1927
Appointments
1960–1991 · Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1927