William Edward Doyle (February 5, 1911 – May 2, 1986) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado and a justice of the Colorado Supreme Court.
William Edward Doyle
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1911 in Denver, CO
Died 1986 in Denver, CO
FJC ID: 645
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 56/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 884/year
Supreme Court of Colorado · 1959–1961Colorado District Court · 1961–1971Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1971–1986
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
- Colorado Supreme CourtJustice · 1959–1961
- Private practice, Denver, Colorado1941–1943, 1946–1958
- Denver, ColoradoChief deputy district attorney · 1948–1952
Judge · 1948–1949
U.S. Army1943–1945- Denver, ColoradoDeputy district attorney · 1938–1941
Appointments
1971–1986 · Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (Republican)Term ended: Death- 1961–1971 · Appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
- University of Colorado Boulderba
- George Washington Universityjd
- University of ColoradoA.B. · 1940
LL.B. · 1937