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Thomas Charles Munger

Thomas Charles Munger

Nebraska District Court

Born 1861 in Fletcher, OH

Died 1941 in Lincoln, NE

FJC ID: 1715

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 13/year

Nebraska District Court · 1907–19411907192019401960198020002016130
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 31/year

Nebraska District Court · 1907–19411907192019401960198020002016310
citing decisions

Nebraska District Court · 1907–1941

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.

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Thomas Charles Munger (July 7, 1861 – November 29, 1941) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska, and grandfather of investor and businessman Charlie Munger.

Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Private practice, Lincoln, Nebraska
    1886–1907
  2. Lancaster County, Nebraska
    County attorney · 1897–1901
  3. Nebraska
    State representative · 1895–1897
  4. Private practice, Benkelman, Nebraska
    1885–1886
  5. Dundy County, Nebraska
    County attorney · 1885–1886

Appointments

  1. Nebraska District Court
    1907–1941 · Appointed by Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. Grinnell College
  2. Northwestern University
  3. Read law
    1885