Stephen Roy Reinhardt (né Shapiro; March 27, 1931 – March 29, 2018) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, with chambers in Los Angeles, California. He was the last federal appeals court judge in active service to have been appointed to his position by President Jimmy Carter.
Stephen Roy Reinhardt
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1931 in New York, NY
Died 2018 in Los Angeles, CA
FJC ID: 1990
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 27/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 698/year
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1980–2018
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
- Private practice, Los Angeles, California1957–1980
Law clerk , Hon. Luther W. Youngdahl · 1956–1957
U.S. Air Force1954–1956
Appointments
1980–2018 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1954- Pomona CollegeB.A. · 1951