Wilbur Frank Pell Jr. (December 6, 1915 – September 25, 2000) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Wilbur Frank Pell Jr.
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1915 in Shelbyville, IN
Died 2000 in Evanston, IL
FJC ID: 1861
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 53/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 1,625/year
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1970–2000
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, Shelbyville, Indiana1940–1942, 1946–1970
State of IndianaDeputy attorney general · 1952–1955
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Birmingham, AlabamaSpecial agent · 1942–1945
Appointments
1970–2000 · Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
J.D. · 1940- Indiana UniversityA.B. · 1937