Richard Howard Battey (October 16, 1929 – May 6, 2017) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota.
Richard Howard Battey
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota
Born 1929 in Aberdeen, SD
Died 2017 in Alexandria, MN
FJC ID: 117
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 1/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 79/year
South Dakota District Court · 1985–1999South Dakota District Court · 1985–2017
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
- Private practice, Redfield, South Dakota1955–1985
- Spink County, South DakotaState's attorney · 1959–1965, 1981–1985
- Redfield, South DakotaCity attorney · 1956–1963
U.S. Army lieutenant1953–1955
Appointments
1985–1999
1985–2017 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- University of South Dakota1950