Richard Harvey Chambers (November 7, 1906 – October 21, 1994) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Richard Harvey Chambers
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Born 1906 in Danville, IL
Died 1994
FJC ID: 409
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 19/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 116/year
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1954–1994
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 · 1959–1976
- Private practice, Tucson, Arizona1932–1942, 1945–1954
Air CorpsU.S. Army major · 1942–1945
Appointments
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitChief Judge1954–1994 · Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1932- University of ArizonaA.B. · 1929