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Walter Early Craig

Walter Early Craig

Arizona District Court

Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Born 1909 in Oakland, CA

Died 1986 in Phoenix, AZ

FJC ID: 531

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 1/year

Arizona District Court · 1963–1986196319701980199020002010202110
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 5/year

Arizona District Court · 1963–1986196319701980199020002010202150
citing decisions

Arizona District Court · 1963–1986

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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Walter Early Craig (May 26, 1909 – June 29, 1986) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Private practice, Phoenix, Arizona
    1936–1964
  2. Home Owners' Loan Corporation, San Francisco, California
    Lawyer · 1934–1936
  3. World War II
    World War II
    U.S. Navy

Appointments

  1. Arizona District Court
    U.S. District Court for the District of ArizonaChief Judge
    1963–1986 · Appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. Stanford University Law School
    Stanford Law School
    J.D. · 1934
  2. Stanford University
    B.A. · 1931