Robert Clarence Baltzell (August 15, 1879 – October 18, 1950) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Indiana and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.
Robert C. Baltzell
Indiana Southern District Court
Born 1879 in Lawrence County, IL
Died 1950
FJC ID: 89
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 10/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 16/year
District Court, D. Indiana · 1925–1928U.S. District Court for the District of Indiana · 1925–1928Indiana Southern District Court · 1928–1950
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
- Gibson County [Indiana] Circuit CourtJudge · 1920–1925
- Private practice, Princeton, Indiana1904–1920
U.S. Army Reserve major1917–1919
Appointments
1928–1950 (None (reassignment))Term ended: Death
- U.S. District Court for the District of Indiana1925–1928 · Appointed by Calvin Coolidge (Republican)Term ended: Reassignment
Education
- Northern Illinois State Normal School (now Northern Illinois University)
- Marion Law School, IndianaLL.B. · 1904