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William Henry Hunt

William Henry Hunt

Born 1857 in New Orleans, LA

Died 1949 in Charlottesville, VA

FJC ID: 1126

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 12/year

Montana District Court · 1904–1910Court of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1910–1911U.S. Court of Customs Appeals (later U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals) · 1910–1911Commerce Court · 1911–1913Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1911–1911U.S. Circuit Courts for the Ninth Circuit · 1911–1911Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1911–19281904192019401960198020002024120
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 22/year

Montana District Court · 1904–1910Court of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1910–1911U.S. Court of Customs Appeals (later U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals) · 1910–1911Commerce Court · 1911–1913Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1911–1911U.S. Circuit Courts for the Ninth Circuit · 1911–1911Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1911–19281904192019401960198020002024220
citing decisions

Montana District Court · 1904–1910Court of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1910–1911U.S. Court of Customs Appeals (later U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals) · 1910–1911Commerce Court · 1911–1913Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1911–1911U.S. Circuit Courts for the Ninth Circuit · 1911–1911Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1911–1928

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 Henry Hunt (November 5, 1857 – February 4, 1949) was the governor of Puerto Rico, a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Montana, associate judge of the United States Court of Customs Appeals and a United States circuit judge of the United States Customs Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the United States Circuit Courts for the Ninth Circuit.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Private practice, San Francisco, California
    1928–1942
  2. Puerto Rico
    Governor · 1901–1904
  3. Puerto Rico
    Secretary · 1900–1901
  4. Montana Supreme Court
    Justice · 1894–1900
  5. Montana District Court, First Judicial District
    Montana District Court, First Judicial District
    Judge · 1889–1894
  6. Montana
    State representative · 1889
  7. Private practice, Fort Benton, Montana Territory
    1880–1887
  8. Montana Territory
    Attorney general · 1885–1887
  9. Montana and Idaho Territories
    Collector of customs · 1881–1885
  10. Montana constitutional convention
    Delegate · 1884

Appointments

  1. Commerce Court
    Commerce Court
    1911–1913
    Term ended: abolished
  2. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
    Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
    1911–1911
    Term ended: abolished
  3. U.S. Circuit Courts for the Ninth Circuit
    U.S. Circuit Courts for the Ninth Circuit
    1911–1911 · Appointed by William H. Taft (Republican)
    Term ended: Abolition of Court
  4. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
    1911–1928 · Appointed by William H. Taft (Republican)
    Term ended: Retirement
  5. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
    Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
    1910–1911
    Term ended: other_pos
  6. U.S. Court of Customs Appeals (later U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals)
    1910–1911 · Appointed by William H. Taft (Republican)
    Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
  7. Montana District Court
    U.S. District Court for the District of Montana
    1904–1910 · Appointed by Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
    Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position

Education

  1. Read law
    1880