Raymond Eugene Plummer (March 27, 1913 – December 26, 1987) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska.
Raymond Eugene Plummer
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska
Born 1913 in Harlan, IA
Died 1987
FJC ID: 1897
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 39/year
Alaska District Court · 1961–1987
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, Anchorage, Alaska1949–1961
U.S. attorney for the District of Alaska Territory1946–1949- District of Alaska TerritoryAssistant U.S. attorney · 1944–1946
- Private practice, Lincoln, Nebraska1940–1944
- Private practice, Dallas, Texas1939–1940
Appointments
1961–1987 · Appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
- University of Nebraska College of LawLL.B. · 1939
- University of NebraskaB.A. · 1937