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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

Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1941–19531941196019802000201880
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 59/year

Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1941–195319411960198020002018590
citing decisions

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.

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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.

Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Private practice, Little Rock, Arkansas
    1913–1942
  2. Missouri-Pacific Railroad
    Attorney · 1908–1913

Appointments

  1. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
    1941–1953 · Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. Washington and Lee University
  2. University of Arkansas School of Law