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 |
|---|---|
| Louis Fitzhenry | federal judge |
| Harry T. Edwards | American jurist |
| Sri Srinivasan | federal appellate judge |
| Patricia M. Wald | — |
|
Padmanabhan Srikanth Srinivasan
linked to:
Padmanabhan
|
federal judge of the United States |
| Edward W. Scudder | associate justice |
| J. Skelly Wright | federal judge |
| Padmanabhan Srikanth "Sri" Srinivasan | federal judge of the United States |
| Lewis Summers | American jurist |
| David L. Bazelon | — |
| Diana E. Murphy | American federal judge |
|
Diana E. Murphy
linked to:
Judge Diana E. Murphy
|
American federal judge |
| Gerald W. Heaney | United States federal judge |
| Inner House judges | appellate judge |
| Edward J. Devitt | United States federal judge |
| Julius J. Hoffman | United States federal judge |
|
Leonard I. Garth
linked to:
Garth
|
— |
| Jane Richards Roth | — |
| William Lochren | — |
| Angelina County Judge | county judge |
| Harold R. Medina | American federal judge |
| Walter Jay Skinner | United States federal judge |
| Roger Brooke Taney | Chief Justice of the United States |
| Robert V. Denney | United States federal judge |
| Robert L. Carter | federal judge |
| James McNair Baker | — |
| Spottswood W. Robinson III | federal judge |
|
William Howard Taft
linked to:
Howard
|
Chief Justice of the United States |
| Robert Bork | federal judge |
|
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
linked to:
Landis
|
— |
| Thurman Arnold | United States federal judge |
| Henry J. Friendly | — |
| John Hugh McNary | United States federal judge |
|
David H. Souter
linked to:
Souter
|
— |
| Frank M. Johnson Jr. | United States federal judge |
| Edmund Reggie | — |
| Abu Yusuf | chief judge |
|
Levi Parsons
linked to:
Judge Levi Parsons
|
American jurist |
| John G. Heyburn II | United States federal judge |
| John J. Parker | — |
|
John Marshall
linked to:
Mary Randolph Keith
|
Chief Justice of the United States |
|
Fred M. Vinson
linked to:
Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson
|
Chief Justice of the United States |
| John Marshall | Chief Justice of the United States |
|
Stephen G. Breyer
linked to:
Breyer
|
former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States |
| Judith Kaye | chief judge |
| Rowan D. Wilson | Chief Judge |
|
Sandra Day O’Connor
linked to:
Sandra
|
American jurist |
| Richard T. Rives | United States federal judge |
| Seybourn H. Lynne | United States federal judge |
| Alex Kozinski | — |