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William Healy

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Born 1881 in Windham, IA

Died 1962

FJC ID: 1014

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 16/year

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1937–1962193719601980200020202025160
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 103/year

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1937–19621937196019802000202020251030
citing decisions

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1937–1962

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 Healy (September 10, 1881 – March 15, 1962) 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. U.S. Farm Credit Administration, Spokane, Washington
    General counsel · 1934–1937
  2. Private practice, Boise, Idaho
    1914–1934
  3. Private practice, Silver City, Idaho
    1909–1913
  4. Idaho
    State representative · 1913
  5. Owyhee County, Idaho
    Prosecutor · 1911–1912

Appointments

  1. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
    1937–1962 · Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. University of Iowa College of Law
    University of Iowa College of Law
    1908
  2. University of Iowa
    A.B. · 1906