William Perry Copple (October 3, 1916 – September 14, 2000) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona.
William Perry Copple
Born 1916 in Holtville, CA
Died 2000 in Cottonwood, AZ
FJC ID: 509
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 31/year
Arizona District Court · 1966–2000
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
U.S. attorney for the District of Arizona1965–1966- Private practice, Yuma, Arizona1952–1965
- Self-employed contractor1945–1948, 1951–1952
Appointments
1966–2000 · Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
- University of California, Berkeley, School of LawJ.D. · 1951
- University of California, BerkeleyB.A. · 1948
- Long Beach Junior College (now Long Beach City College)A.A. · 1934