William James Jameson (August 8, 1898 – October 8, 1990) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Montana.
William James Jameson
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of Montana
Born 1898 in Butte, MT
Died 1990
FJC ID: 1166
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 16/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 394/year
Montana District Court · 1957–1990
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
- Private practice, Billings, Montana1922–1957
- MontanaState representative · 1927–1930
Appointments
1957–1990 · Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- University of Montana School of LawLL.B. · 1922
- University of MontanaA.B. · 1919