Procter Ralph Hug Jr. (March 11, 1931 – October 17, 2019) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Procter Ralph Hug Jr.
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Born 1931 in Reno, NV
Died 2019 in Reno, NV
FJC ID: 1112
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 11/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 248/year
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1977–2017
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
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 1996–2000
- Private practice, Reno, Nevada1958–1977
secretary of the U.S. ArmyCivilian aide · 1977- University of Nevada SystemGeneral counsel · 1972–1976
U.S. Navy lieutenant1954–1955
State of NevadaDeputy attorney general
Appointments
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitChief Judge1977–2017 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)Term ended: Retirement
Education
LL.B. · 1958- University of Nevada, RenoB.S. · 1953