Robert Hugh McWilliams Jr. (April 27, 1916 – April 10, 2013) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and a justice of the Colorado Supreme Court.
Robert Hugh McWilliams Jr.
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1916 in Salina, KS
Died 2013 in Denver, CO
FJC ID: 1604
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 9/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 93/year
Supreme Court of Colorado · 1961–1970Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1970–2013
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
- Colorado Supreme CourtJustice · 1961–1970
Judge · 1952–1961- Private practice, Denver, Colorado1949–1952
- Denver [Colorado] Municipal CourtJudge · 1949–1952
- Denver, ColoradoDistrict attorney · 1946–1949
Office of Strategic ServicesU.S. Army sergeant · 1945–1946- U.S. Office of Naval IntelligenceSpecial agent · 1942–1945
- Denver, ColoradoDeputy district attorney · 1941–1942
Appointments
1970–2013 · Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- University of Denverba
- University of Colorado Denverjd
- University of Denver College of Law (now Sturm College of Law)LL.B. · 1941
- University of DenverA.B. · 1938