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William Thomas Sweigert

California Northern District Court

Born 1900 in San Jose, CA

Died 1983

FJC ID: 2325

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year

California Northern District Court · 1959–19831959198020002020202430
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 20/year

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citing decisions

California Northern District Court · 1959–1983

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 Thomas Sweigert (October 13, 1900 – February 16, 1983) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Gov. Earl Warren, California
    Executive secretary · 1943–present
  2. Superior Court of California, City and County of San Francisco
    Judge · 1949–1959
  3. San Francisco [California] Municipal Court
    Judge · 1949
  4. State of California
    State of California
    Assistant attorney general (later chief assistant attorney general) · 1940–1942
  5. Private practice, San Francisco, California
    1923–1940
  6. University of San Francisco School of Law
    University of San Francisco School of Law
    Lecturer · 1925–1932

Appointments

  1. California Northern District Court
    U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
    1959–1983 · Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. St. Ignatius College (now Univ. of San Francisco) School of Law
    LL.B. · 1923
  2. St. Ignatius College (now University of San Francisco)
    A.B. · 1921