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Oliver Seth

Oliver Seth

Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals

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

Born 1915 in Albuquerque, NM

Died 1996

FJC ID: 2147

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 33/year

Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1962–199619621980200020202025330
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 375/year

Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1962–1996196219802000202020253750
citing decisions

Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1962–1996

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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Oliver Seth (May 30, 1915 – March 27, 1996) 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 · 1978–1984
  2. Private practice, Santa Fe, New Mexico
    1940, 1946–1962
  3. Selective Service System
    Government appeal agent · 1948–1952
  4. U.S. Army major
    1940–1946

Appointments

  1. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth CircuitChief Judge
    1962–1996 · Appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. Yale University Law School
    Yale Law School
    LL.B. · 1940
  2. Stanford University
    B.A. · 1937