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William Albert Norris

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Born 1927 in Turtle Creek, PA

Died 2017

FJC ID: 1782

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 15/year

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1980–1997198019902000201020202025150
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 445/year

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1980–19971980199020002010202020254450
citing decisions

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1980–1997

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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William Albert Norris (August 30, 1927 – January 21, 2017) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Norris was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on February 27, 1980, to a seat vacated by Walter Raleigh Ely, Jr. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 18, 1980, and received commission the same day. Assumed senior status on July 7, 1994. Norris's service was terminated on October 24, 1997, due to his retirement.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Private practice, Los Angeles, California
    1956–1980
  2. Supreme Court of the United States
    Supreme Court of the United States
    Law clerk , Hon. William O. Douglas · 1955–1956
  3. Private practice, Washington, D.C.
    1954–1955
  4. U.S. Navy
    1945–1947

Appointments

  1. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
    1980–1997 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
    Term ended: Retirement

Education

  1. Stanford University Law School
    Stanford Law School
    J.D. · 1954
  2. Princeton University
    B.A. · 1951