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Robert Boochever

Robert Boochever

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Born 1917 in New York, NY

Died 2011 in Pasadena, CA

FJC ID: 211

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 17/year

Alaska Supreme Court · 1972–1980Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1980–20111972198019902000201020202025170
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 274/year

Alaska Supreme Court · 1972–1980Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1980–201119721980199020002010202020252740
citing decisions

Alaska Supreme Court · 1972–1980Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1980–2011

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.

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Robert Boochever (October 2, 1917 – October 9, 2011) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and a justice of the Alaska Supreme Court.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Alaska Supreme Court
    Justice · 1972–1980
    • ↳chief justice · 1975–1978
  2. Private practice, Juneau, Alaska
    1947–1972
  3. District of Alaska Territory
    District of Alaska Territory
    Assistant U.S. attorney · 1946–1947
  4. Infantry
    Infantry
    U.S. Army captain · 1941–1945

Appointments

  1. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
    1980–2011 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
    Term ended: Death
  2. Alaska Supreme Court
    Alaska Supreme Court
    1972–1980

Education

  1. Cornell University
    ba
  2. Cornell University
    jd
  3. Cornell University Law School
    Cornell Law School
    J.D. · 1941
  4. Cornell University
    B.A. · 1939
  5. Cornell University
    B.A. · 1939