Sheldon Jay Plager (born May 16, 1931) is an American judge who is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 36/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 647/year
Federal Circuit Clerk/Executive · 1989–Federal Circuit Court of Appeals · 1989–2000
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
- Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, U.S. Office of Management and BudgetAdministrator · 1988–1989
- U.S. Office of Management and BudgetAssociate director · 1987–1988
- Counselor to the undersecretary of health and human services1986–1987
- Stanford Law SchoolVisiting scholar · 1984–1985
- Indiana University School of LawDean and professor · 1977–1984
- Cambridge University and Rockefeller Foundation Research CenterVisiting fellow · 1980
Law professor · 1963–1977
U.S. Navy1948–1970
Visiting professor · 1967–1968- University of FloridaLaw professor · 1958–1963
Appointments
1989–2000 · Appointed by George H.W. Bush (Republican)- 1989–2000
Education
LL.M. · 1961- University of Florida College of Law (now Fredric G. Levin College of Law)J.D. · 1958
- University of North CarolinaA.B. · 1952