Roger Joseph Kiley (October 23, 1900 – September 6, 1974) was an American football player and later a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 33/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 344/year
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1961–1974
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
- Illinois Appellate Court, First DistrictJudge · 1941–1961
- Private practice, Chicago, Illinois1933–1940
- Chicago, IllinoisAlderman · 1933–1940
- Superior Court of Cook County [Illinois]Judge · 1940
- Assistant football coach1922–1927, 1930–1932
- ↳University of Notre Dame · 1922
- ↳Loyola University · 1923–1927
- ↳Auburn University · 1930–1932
- Chicago Cardinals, National Football LeagueProfessional football player · 1923
Appointments
1961–1974 · Appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
- Notre Dame Law SchoolLL.B. · 1923