Orie Leon Phillips (November 20, 1885 – November 14, 1974) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico.
Orie Leon Phillips
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Born 1885 in Mercer County, IL
Died 1974
FJC ID: 1881
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 16/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 195/year
New Mexico District Court · 1923–1929New Mexico District Court · 1923–1929Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1929–1974
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
- Conference of Senior Circuit Judges, 1940-1948, and Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 1948–1955
- Private practice, Raton, New Mexico1910–1923
- St. Louis, Rocky Mountain, and Pacific CompanyGeneral attorney · 1917–1923
- New MexicoState senator · 1920–1923
- Eighth Judicial District, New MexicoAssistant district attorney · 1912–1916
Appointments
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth CircuitChief Judge1929–1974 · Appointed by Herbert Hoover (Republican)Term ended: Death
1923–1929 · Appointed by Warren G. Harding (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
J.D. · 1908