Walter Lyndon Pope (January 26, 1889 – March 27, 1969) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Walter Lyndon Pope
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Born 1889 in Valparaiso, IN
Died 1969
FJC ID: 1913
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 19/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 218/year
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1949–1969
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
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 1959
- Private practice, Missoula, Montana1917–1949
- University of MontanaProfessor of law · 1916–1948
Special assistant to the Attorney General of the United States1937–1941- MontanaState representative · 1923
- Private practice, Lincoln, Nebraska1912–1916
- University of NebraskaAssistant professor of law · 1913–1916
Appointments
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitChief Judge1949–1969 · Appointed by Harry S Truman (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
J.D. · 1912- University of NebraskaA.B. · 1909