Philip Willis Tone (April 9, 1923 – November 28, 2001) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and previously a judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Philip Willis Tone
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1923 in Chicago, IL
Died 2001 in Glenview, IL
FJC ID: 2398
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 33/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 552/year
Illinois Northern District Court · 1972–1974Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1974–1980
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.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Chicago, Illinois1950–1972, 1980–present
- Private practice, Washington, D.C.1949–1950
Law clerk , Hon. Wiley B. Rutledge · 1948–1949
U.S. Army first lieutenant1943–1946
Appointments
1974–1980 · Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (Republican)Term ended: Resignation
1972–1974 · Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
J.D. · 1948- University of IowaA.B. · 1943