Roger Robb (July 7, 1907 – December 19, 1985) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, anti-communist, and trial attorney. He served as special counsel to an Atomic Energy Commission hearing that led to revocation of J. Robert Oppenheimer's security clearance in 1954.
Roger Robb
District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1907 in Bellows Falls, VT
Died 1985
FJC ID: 2022
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 7/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 71/year
District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals · 1969–1985District of Columbia District Court · 1969–1985
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
- Private practice, Washington, D.C.1938–1969
District of ColumbiaAssistant U.S. attorney · 1931–1938
Appointments
1969–1985 · Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1931- Yale UniversityA.B. · 1928