William Edwin Orr (October 26, 1881 – October 7, 1965) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 15/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 128/year
Nevada Supreme Court · 1939–1945Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1945–1965
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 NevadaJustice · 1939–1945
- ↳chief justice · 1943–1945
Judge · 1919–1939- Lincoln County, NevadaDistrict attorney · 1913–1918
- Lincoln County, NevadaCounty treasurer · 1911–1912
- Lincoln County, NevadaCounty clerk · 1906–1910
Appointments
1945–1965 · Appointed by Harry S Truman (Democratic)Term ended: Death
1939–1945
Education
- University of Nevada, Reno
- Read law1912