Owen Murphy Panner (July 28, 1924 – December 19, 2018) was an American attorney and jurist from Oregon who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon.
Owen Murphy Panner
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon
Born 1924 in Chicago, IL
Died 2018 in Medford, OR
FJC ID: 1829
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 37/year
Oregon District Court · 1980–2018
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, Bend, Oregon1950–1980
U.S. Army1943–1946
Appointments
1980–2018 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1949