Walter Garrett Riddick (September 13, 1883 – July 31, 1953) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
Walter Garrett Riddick
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1883 in Gainesville, AR
Died 1953
FJC ID: 2007
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 8/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 59/year
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1941–1953
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, Little Rock, Arkansas1913–1942
- Missouri-Pacific RailroadAttorney · 1908–1913
Appointments
1941–1953 · Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
- Washington and Lee University
LL.B. · 1908