Thomas Emmet Clarie (January 1, 1913 – September 24, 1997) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.
T. Emmet Clarie
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut
Born 1913 in Killingly, CT
Died 1997 in Danielson, CT
FJC ID: 435
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 16/year
Connecticut District Court · 1961–1997Connecticut District Court · 1961–1997
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
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 1977–1980
- Private practice, Danielson, Connecticut1940–1961
- Connecticut State Liquor Commission1949–1961
- ↳commissioner · 1949–1955
- ↳chairman · 1955–1961
- Killingly Town Court, Danielson, ConnecticutProsecutor · 1951
- Connecticut State SenateClerk · 1949
- ConnecticutAssistant to state statute revision commissioner · 1945
- ConnecticutState representative · 1937–1943
- ↳Democratic floor leader · 1939–1943
Appointments
1961–1997 · Appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
- Hartford College of Law (now University of Connecticut School of Law)LL.B. · 1938
- Providence CollegePh.B. · 1933