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William Denman

William Denman

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Chief Judge — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Born 1872 in San Francisco, CA

Died 1959

FJC ID: 603

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 15/year

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1935–1959193519401960198020002023150
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 34/year

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1935–1959193519401960198020002023340
citing decisions

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1935–1959

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 Denman (November 7, 1872 – March 9, 1959) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Private practice, San Francisco, California
    1898–present
  2. Judicial Conference of the United States
    Member · 1948–1957
  3. University of California and Hastings College of the Law
    Assistant professor and lecturer · 1902–1906

Appointments

  1. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitChief Judge
    1935–1959 · Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. Harvard Law School
    Harvard Law School
    LL.B. · 1897
  2. University of California, Berkeley
    B.Litt. · 1894