American judge
C2825
concept
An American judge is a public official in the United States judiciary who interprets and applies the law, presides over legal proceedings, and issues rulings and judgments in accordance with the U.S. Constitution and relevant statutes.
All labels observed (36)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| American judge canonical | 65 |
| United States federal judge | 53 |
| American jurist | 35 |
| federal judge | 35 |
| Chief Justice of the United States | 25 |
| American federal judge | 9 |
| chief judge | 8 |
| United States Supreme Court justice | 7 |
| county judge | 6 |
| federal judge of the United States | 6 |
| appellate judge | 4 |
| Chief Judge | 3 |
| federal appellate judge | 3 |
| Georgia Supreme Court justice | 2 |
| United States circuit judge | 2 |
| United States court of appeals judge | 2 |
| United States district judge | 2 |
| associate justice | 2 |
| federal judicial officer | 2 |
| former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | 2 |
| judicial officeholder | 2 |
| 19th-century American judge | 1 |
| African American judge | 1 |
| Minnesota Supreme Court justice | 1 |
| New York state judge | 1 |
| United States district court judge | 1 |
| Utah Supreme Court justice | 1 |
| associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | 1 |
| judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | 1 |
| judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | 1 |
| judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | 1 |
| judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit | 1 |
| judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | 1 |
| judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan | 1 |
| member of the judiciary of Arizona | 1 |
| person from the early 20th century United States judiciary | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: American judge
Generated description
An American judge is a public official in the United States judiciary who interprets and applies the law, presides over legal proceedings, and issues rulings and judgments in accordance with the U.S. Constitution and relevant statutes.
Instances (254)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Martha Craig Daughtrey | American jurist |
|
Henry Matson Waite
surface form:
Morrison R. Waite
|
Chief Justice of the United States |
| James L. Buckley | federal judge |
| Melville W. Fuller | Chief Justice of the United States |
| William Page (judge) | — |
| John Minor Wisdom | United States federal judge |
| Byron B. D. Owen | American jurist |
| Catherine C. Eagles | United States federal judge |
| Michael T. Sauer | — |
| Giles S. Rich | United States federal judge |
| Article IV territorial district judge | federal judge |
| Chief Judge of the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands | chief judge |
| Jack R. Miller | — |
| Kimberly J. Mueller | United States federal judge |
|
Justice Harlan F. Stone
surface form:
Harlan F. Stone
|
Chief Justice of the United States |
| Brian Morris | — |
| Melville Fuller | Chief Justice of the United States |
| H. Russel Holland | United States federal judge |
| Joshua M. Kindred | federal judge |
| Mark E. Walker | United States federal judge |
| Edward D. White | Chief Justice of the United States |
| Pierpont Edwards | federal judge |
| Renée Marie Bumb | United States federal judge |
| Reuben H. Walworth | — |
| Sean F. Cox | federal judge |
| Sharon L. Gleason | United States federal judge |
| James L. Watson | — |
| United States bankruptcy judges | federal judge |
| James Iredell Sr. | — |
| Sherman Minton | United States Supreme Court justice |
| Timothy M. Burgess | United States federal judge |
| summary sheriff | judicial officeholder |
|
Judge of Appeal
surface form:
Judge of Appeal (Isle of Man)
|
appellate judge |
| Damon Keith | federal judge |
| Red River County Judge | county judge |
| Steven G. Ehrlich | American jurist |
| James Markham Marshall | United States federal judge |
| James R. Browning | — |
|
Justice Arthur Goldberg
surface form:
Arthur Goldberg
|
United States federal judge |
| Cuthbert W. Pound | Chief Judge |
| Karl Llewellyn | American jurist |
|
Brooke
surface form:
Roger Brooke Taney
|
Chief Justice of the United States |
| Bexar County Judge | county judge |
| Susan Christensen | American jurist |
| Henry L. Benning | Georgia Supreme Court justice |
|
Confederate general Henry L. Benning
surface form:
Henry L. Benning
|
Georgia Supreme Court justice |
| William Francis Murphy | American jurist |
| Charles Willing Byrd | — |
| Willard Bartlett | Chief Judge |
|
Spottswood
surface form:
Spottswood W. Robinson III
|
federal judge |