Walter Raleigh Ely Jr. (June 24, 1913 – October 9, 1984) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Walter Raleigh Ely Jr.
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1913 in Baird, Callahan County, TX
Died 1984
FJC ID: 706
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 9/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 180/year
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1964–1984
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, Los Angeles, California1945–1964
U.S. Marine Corps1941–1944
State of TexasAssistant attorney general · 1939–1941- Private practice, Abilene, Texas1935–1938
Appointments
1964–1984 · Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
- University of Southern California Law School (now Gould School of Law)LL.M. · 1949
LL.B. · 1935- University of TexasA.B. · 1935