Robert Arthur Sprecher (May 30, 1917 – May 15, 1982) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Robert Arthur Sprecher
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1917 in Chicago, IL
Died 1982
FJC ID: 2257
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 39/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 887/year
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1971–1982
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, Chicago, Illinois1941–1971
- State of IllinoisBar examiner · 1949–1971
- State of IllinoisSpecial assistant to the attorney general · 1957–1963
Appointments
1971–1982 · Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- Northwestern UniversityB.S. · 1938
- Central YMCA CollegeA.A. · 1936