W. Wallace Kent (May 1, 1916 – May 28, 1973) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan.
W. Wallace Kent
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan
Born 1916 in Galesburg, MI
Died 1973
FJC ID: 1262
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 15/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 56/year
Michigan Western District Court · 1954–1971Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1970–1973
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, Kalamazoo County, Michigan1944–1954
- Kalamazoo County, MichiganProsecutor · 1945–1946
- Kalamazoo County, MichiganAssistant prosecutor/friend of the court · 1941–1944
Appointments
1970–1973 · Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (Republican)Term ended: Death
1954–1971 · Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
J.D. · 1940- Western State Teachers College (now Western Michigan University)B.A. · 1937