Samuel Conti (July 16, 1922 – August 29, 2018) was an American jurist who was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. He was appointed to the federal bench in 1970, and assumed senior status in 1987. He continued to hear cases until 2015.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 7/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 16/year
California Northern District Court · 1970–2018
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
- Superior Court of California, County of Contra CostaJudge · 1968–1970
- Concord, CaliforniaCity attorney · 1960–1969
- Private practice, San Francisco, California1948–1967
- Civil Service Board of Appeals, Pittsburg, CaliforniaChairman · 1956–1958
U.S. Army
Appointments
1970–2018 · Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1948- University of Santa Clara (now Santa Clara University)B.S. · 1945