Scott Olin Wright (January 15, 1923 – July 11, 2016) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.
Scott Olin Wright
Missouri Western District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri
Born 1923 in Haigler, NE
Died 2016 in Kansas City, MO
FJC ID: 2663
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 19/year
Missouri Western District Court · 1979–2016
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, Columbia, Missouri1950–1954, 1958–1979
- Boone County, MissouriProsecutor · 1954–1958
- Columbia, MissouriCity attorney · 1951–1953
aviatorU.S. Marine Corps captain · 1943–1946
U.S. Navy cadet1942–1943
Appointments
1979–2016 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
- University of Missouri School of LawLL.B. · 1950