William Caldwell Coleman (October 17, 1884 – January 12, 1968) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.
William Caldwell Coleman
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
Born 1884 in Louisville, KY
Died 1968 in Baltimore, MD
FJC ID: 476
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 4/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 13/year
Maryland District Court · 1927–1955
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, Baltimore, Maryland1909–1927
U.S. Army private1918
Instructor · 1914–1917- Maryland Educational Survey CommitteeSecretary · 1916
Appointments
1927–1955 · Appointed by Calvin Coolidge (Republican)Term ended: Resignation
Education
LL.B. · 1909- Harvard UniversityA.B. · 1905