William James Lindberg (December 17, 1904 – December 15, 1981) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington and the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.
William James Lindberg
Washington Eastern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
Born 1904 in Minot, ND
Died 1981
FJC ID: 1400
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 21/year
Washington Eastern District Court · 1951–1961Washington Western District Court · 1951–1981
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
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 1960–1963
- Private practice, Seattle, Washington1944–1951
- Private practice, Olympia, Washington1941–1944
- Washington State Liquor Control BoardMember · 1934–1941
State of WashingtonAssistant attorney general · 1933–1934- Private practice, Spokane, Washington1928–1933
- Gonzaga Law SchoolProfessor of law · 1928–1933
- Washington State SenateSecretary · 1933
- U.S. Sen. C.C. Dill of WashingtonClerk · 1928
Appointments
1951–1961 · Appointed by Harry S Truman (Democratic)Term ended: Reassignment
1951–1981 · Appointed by Harry S Truman (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
- Georgetown College Law School (now Georgetown University Law Center)LL.M. · 1928
LL.B. · 1927