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Paul Raymond Hays

Paul Raymond Hays

Second Circuit Court of Appeals

Born 1903 in Des Moines, IA

Died 1980

FJC ID: 1009

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 16/year

Second Circuit Court of Appeals · 1962–198019621980200020202025160
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 208/year

Second Circuit Court of Appeals · 1962–1980196219802000202020252080
citing decisions

Second Circuit Court of Appeals · 1962–1980

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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Paul Raymond Hays (April 2, 1903 – February 13, 1980) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Columbia University
    Faculty · 1936–1961
    • ↳assistant professor of law · 1936–1943
    • ↳professor of law · 1943–1961
  2. New York State Banking Department
    Legal consultant · 1936–1945
  3. U.S. Board of Legal Examiners
    Member · 1941–1944
  4. Private practice, New York City
    1933–1936
  5. National Industrial Recovery and Resettlement Administration
    Legal counsel · 1934–1935

Appointments

  1. Second Circuit Court of Appeals
    1962–1980 · Appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. Columbia Law School
    LL.B. · 1933
  2. Columbia University
    M.A. · 1927
  3. Columbia University
    A.B. · 1924