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)
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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 |
|---|---|
| Maryanne Trump Barry | federal judge |
| Pamela Reeves | federal judge |
| William E. Smith | federal judge |
| Lance Ito | — |
| John C. Young | — |
|
Seybourn
surface form:
Seybourn H. Lynne
|
United States federal judge |
| John F. Grimké | American jurist |
| Arthur J. Goldberg | United States Supreme Court justice |
| Winfield B. Hale | — |
| L. Q. C. Lamar | United States Supreme Court justice |
|
Cady
surface form:
Daniel Cady
|
American jurist |
| Phyllis W. Beck | — |
| Stanley Mosk | — |
| Laurence Hirsch Silberman | American federal judge |
| Skelly Wright | American federal judge |
| William Newsom | — |
| Wiley Blount Rutledge Jr. | American jurist |
| Norman Moon | — |
| Michael R. Murphy | — |
|
Sebring
surface form:
Harold L. Sebring
|
— |
|
James Edward Doyle (judge)
surface form:
James Edward Doyle
|
United States federal judge |
| Stephanie Kulp Seymour | — |
| John M. Woolsey | United States federal judge |
| Emilio Garza | United States federal judge |
|
Chief Judge
surface form:
Chief Judge of the Employment Court of New Zealand
|
chief judge |
|
Chief Judge
surface form:
Chief Judge of the Māori Land Court
|
chief judge |
| Diane S. Sykes | federal judge |
| Charles F. Wennerstrum | — |
| Edward F. Carter | — |
| Xenophon Hicks | United States federal judge |
| Mary Beck Briscoe | American jurist |
| Mary M. Schroeder | American jurist |
|
Columbia College alumnus John Jay
surface form:
John Jay
|
Chief Justice of the United States |
| United States federal judges | judicial officeholder |
| Ralph R. Beistline | United States federal judge |
| Judge Hatlee Beech | federal judge |
| J. Harvie Wilkinson III | American jurist |
|
Ruckersville, Elbert County, Georgia, United States
surface form:
Joseph Rucker Lamar
|
United States Supreme Court justice |
| Edwin Torres | — |
| Laurel A. Hawkins | — |
| Ann Aldrich | United States federal judge |
|
Russell
surface form:
Rensselaer Russell Nelson
|
American jurist |
| Arizona Supreme Court justices (for policy implementation) | member of the judiciary of Arizona |
|
Judge Julius Hoffman
surface form:
Julius Hoffman
|
United States federal judge |
| Lucy Koh | — |
| Richard Morris | American jurist |
|
Bastrop County Judge (elected official)
surface form:
Bastrop County Judge
|
county judge |
| Mary H. Murguia | federal judge |
| Somervell County Judge | county judge |
| George J. Burke | — |