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R[obert] Lanier Anderson III

R[obert] Lanier Anderson III

Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Chief Judge — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Born 1936 in Macon, GA

FJC ID: 48

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 9/year

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1979–1981Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1981–200919791990200020102020202590
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 284/year

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1979–1981Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1981–20091979199020002010202020252840
citing decisions

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1979–1981Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1981–2009

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 Lanier Anderson III (born November 12, 1936) is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Judicial Conference of the United States
    Member · 1999–2002
  2. Private practice, Macon, Georgia
    1961, 1963–1979
  3. U.S. Army captain
    1961–1963

Appointments

  1. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh CircuitChief Judge
    1981–2009 (None (reassignment))
  2. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    1979–1981 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
    Term ended: Reassignment

Education

  1. Harvard Law School
    Harvard Law School
    LL.B. · 1961
  2. Yale College
    A.B. · 1958