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Robert R. Beezer

Robert R. Beezer

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Born 1928 in Seattle, WA

Died 2012 in Seattle, WA

FJC ID: 143

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 8/year

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1984–201219841990200020102020202580
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 226/year

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1984–20121984199020002010202020252260
citing decisions

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1984–2012

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 Renaut Beezer (July 21, 1928 – March 30, 2012) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Private practice, Seattle, Washington
    1956–1984
  2. Seattle [Washington] Municipal Court
    Judge pro tem · 1962–1976
  3. U.S. Marine Corps Reserve lieutenant
    1951–1953

Appointments

  1. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
    1984–2012 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. University of Virginia School of Law
    University of Virginia School of Law
    LL.B. · 1956
  2. University of Virginia
    B.A. · 1951