William Marsh Acker Jr. (October 25, 1927 – June 21, 2018) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.
William Marsh Acker Jr.
Alabama Northern District Court
Born 1927 in Birmingham, AL
Died 2018
FJC ID: 3
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 5/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 16/year
Alabama Northern District Court · 1982–2018
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, Birmingham, Alabama1952–1982
U.S. Army private first class1946–1947
Appointments
1982–2018 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1952- Birmingham-Southern CollegeB.A. · 1949