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Peter Woodbury

First Circuit Court of Appeals

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

Born 1899 in Bedford, NH

Died 1970 in Bedford, NH

FJC ID: 2642

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 14/year

First Circuit Court of Appeals · 1941–1970194119601980200020202025140
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 130/year

First Circuit Court of Appeals · 1941–19701941196019802000202020251300
citing decisions

First Circuit Court of Appeals · 1941–1970

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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Peter Woodbury (October 24, 1899 – November 17, 1970) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Private practice, Manchester, New Hampshire
    1927–present
  2. Judicial Conference of the United States
    Member · 1959–1964
  3. Supreme Court of New Hampshire
    Associate justice · 1933–1941
  4. Superior Court of New Hampshire
    Associate justice · 1932–1933
  5. Bedford [New Hampshire] Municipal Court
    Justice · 1928–1932
  6. Bedford, New Hampshire
    Selectman · 1928–1931
  7. 27th Army Division
    27th Army Division
    U.S. Army private first class · 1918–1919

Appointments

  1. First Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the First CircuitChief Judge
    1941–1970 · Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. Columbia Law School
    Columbia Law School
  2. Harvard Law School
    Harvard Law School
    LL.B. · 1927
  3. Harvard University
    B.S. · 1924