Richard Lowell Nygaard (born July 9, 1940) is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 14/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 496/year
Third Circuit Court of Appeals · 1988–2005
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
- Court of Common Pleas of Erie County [Pennsylvania]Judge · 1981–1988
- Private practice, North East, Pennsylvania1972–1980
- U.S. Naval Reserve1958–1964
Appointments
1988–2005 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Education
J.D. · 1971- University of Southern CaliforniaB.S. · 1969