Benchlight The federal appellate judiciary

D.C. Circuit

Edward Allen Tamm

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

Former Born April 21, 1906, St. Paul, MN Died Sept. 22, 1985 1 panel seat recorded

Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Lyndon B. JohnsonDemocratic
Seat
CADC0605
Nominated
March 1, 1965
Committee hearing
March 11, 1965
Committee action
Reported (favorably)March 11, 1965
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
March 11, 1965
Commissioned
March 11, 1965
ABA rating
Well Qualified
Service ended
Sept. 22, 1985Death

Source Federal Judicial Center.

Judicial service history

Every federal judicial office held, in order of appointment.

CourtTitleCommissionedEndedAppointed by
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Associate Justice April 1, 1949 March 17, 1965 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Harry S Truman
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Judge March 11, 1965 Sept. 22, 1985 Death Lyndon B. Johnson

Recent judicial activity

Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.

Cases

Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.

CaseNo.StatusDate
National Federation of Federal Employees v. Donald J. Devine, Director, Office of Personnel Management, Group Health Association of America, Intervenor. American Federation of Government Employees, Afl-Cio v. Donald J. Devine, Director, Office of Personnel Management, Group Health Association of America, Intervenor Decided Dec. 21, 1981

Judicial writings

No writings are attributed to this judge in the ingested records.

Source Authorship is recorded only where the source data carries it. For recent Courts of Appeals opinions CourtListener frequently publishes the decision as a single document without naming the authoring judge, so an absence here means the attribution is unavailable upstream — not that the judge has written nothing.