Stanley Nelson Barnes (May 1, 1900 – March 5, 1990) was a noted American college football player, an assistant attorney general of the United States, and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 31/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 398/year
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1956–1990
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
U.S. Department of JusticeAssistant attorney general · 1953–1956- Superior Court of California, County of Los AngelesPresiding judge · 1947–1953
- University of Southern California Law School and Medical SchoolLecturer · 1947–1952
- Private practice, Los Angeles, California1928–1947
- Private practice, San Francisco, California1925–1928
- U.S. Naval Reserve1918–1921
Appointments
1956–1990 · Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- Harvard University
- University of California, Berkeley, School of JurisprudenceJ.D. · 1925
- University of California, BerkeleyA.B. · 1922