William David Hutchinson (June 20, 1932 – October 8, 1995) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and a Republican politician from Pennsylvania.
William D. Hutchinson
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1932 in Minersville, PA
Died 1995
FJC ID: 1137
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 24/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 698/year
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982–1995Third Circuit Court of Appeals · 1987–1995
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
- Supreme Court of PennsylvaniaJustice · 1982–1987
- PennsylvaniaState representative · 1972–1982
- Private practice, Pottsville, Pennsylvania1958–1981
- Schuylkill County, PennsylvaniaCounty solicitor · 1969–1972
- Schuylkill County, PennsylvaniaAssistant district attorney · 1963–1968
Appointments
1987–1995 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Death
1982–1995
Education
- Moravian Collegeba
- Harvard Universityjd
J.D. · 1957- Moravian CollegeB.A. · 1954