Walter Jay Skinner (September 12, 1927 – May 8, 2005) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
Walter Jay Skinner
Born 1927 in Washington, DC
Died 2005 in Concord, MA
FJC ID: 2203
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 4/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 50/year
Massachusetts District Court · 1973–2005Massachusetts District Court · 1973–2005
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, Boston, Massachusetts1952–1957, 1965–1973
Commonwealth of MassachusettsAssistant attorney general and chief of Criminal Division · 1963–1965- Private practice, Scituate, Massachusetts1957–1963
- Scituate, MassachusettsTown counsel · 1957–1963
- Plymouth County, MassachusettsAssistant district attorney · 1957–1963
Appointments
1973–2005 · Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
J.D. · 1952- Harvard UniversityA.B. · 1948