Hans Arthur Linde (April 15, 1924 – August 31, 2020) was a German Jewish American legal scholar who served as a justice of the Oregon Supreme Court from 1977 to 1990.

Born in Berlin, Germany, Justice Linde relocated with his family to Denmark in 1933, and then immigrated to Portland, Oregon, in 1939.

Hans Linde attended school in Berlin, Germany and Copenhagen, Denmark until his family moved to Portland, Oregon, in 1939.

He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Order of the Coif and served as the editor-in-chief of the California Law Review (1949–1950) (see Notes, 36 Cal.

He retired from the court on January 31, 1990, and taught at Arizona State University Law School post-retirement.

209–214 Linde & David B. Frohnmayer, "Prescription for the Citizen Legislature: Cutting the Gordian Knot," 56 Oregon Law Review 3 (1977) David B. Frohnmayer & Hans A. Linde, "State Court Responsibility for Maintaining 'Republican Government': An Amicus Curiae Brief," 39 Willamette Law Review 1487 (2003) (brief of Linde and Frohnmayer as Amici Curiae in Support of the Petition for Certiorari, cert.

Collins, "Hans Linde: And So He Stands Among the Last of the Great State Judges," in Todd Peppers, ed., Of Courtiers and Princes: Stories of Lower Court Clerks and Their Judges (University of Virginia Press, 2020) Robert F. Nagel, editor, Intellect and Craft: The Contributions of Hans A. Linde to American Constitutionalism (Westview Press, 1995) Wayne V. McIntosh and Cynthia L. Cates, Judicial Entrepreneurship: The Role of the Judge in the Marketplace of Ideas (1997), pp.

67–90 ("Hans Linde: Interstate Trade in Legal Ideas") "Symposium on the Work of Justice Hans Linde," 70 Oregon Law Review 679-1007 (1991) (with extensive bibliography) (contributions by: Dave Frohnmayer, Louis H. Pollak, William Cohen, G. Edward White, Ronald K.L.

Collins, Caroline A. Forell, Rex Armstrong, Rives Kistler, & student comments) John P. Frank, "A Tribute to Justice Hans A. Linde," 1984 Annual Survey of American Law xxi Alfred Goodwin, "A Tribute to Hans Linde," 1984 Annual Survey of American Law xv Abner Mikva, "Hans Linde: Hard to Bluff," 1984 Annual Survey of American Law ix Robert Summers, "Hans A. Linde as Seen by a Junior Colleague -- A Personal Tribute," 1984 Annual Survey of American Law xi Heather Davis, "Tribute to Justice Hans A. Linde," 64 Albany Law Review 1137 (2001) Wayne V. McIntosh and Cynthia L. Cates, "The Power of Judicial Ideas: A Tribute to Justice Hans Linde," 64 Albany Law Review 1147 (2001) Dave Frohnmayer, "Foreword, Hans Linde: Architect of Democratic Institutions," 70 Texas Law Review (1991) Sanford Levinson, "Tiers of Scrutiny -- From Strict Through Rational Basis -- and the Future of Interests: Commentary on Fiss and Linde," 55 Albany Law Review 745 (1992) (referring to Linde as "easily one of the three most important state court judges in this century") Patricia M. Wald, "Hans Linde and the Elusive Art of Judging: Intellect and Craft are Never Enough," 75 Texas Law Review 215 (1996) Richard Kipling, "A Scholar Named Mr. Justice Linde," Western Law Journal Newspaper (then published by L.A. Daily Journal), March–April, 1980, p. 1 Elder Witt, "Hans A. Linde -- The Unassuming Architect of an Emerging Role for State Constitutions," Governing Mag., July, 1989, at 56 David Margolick, "State Judiciaries are Shaping Law That Goes Beyond Supreme Court," New York Times, May 19, 1982, sect.

A, p. 1 James Granelli, "Making a Case for the States: Oregon's Linde Turns Civil Rights into a Local Issue," The National Journal, July 13, 1981, p. 1 Jeffrey Toobin, "Better than Burger: States' Rights Even a Liberal Can Love," The New Republic, March 4, 1985, p. 10 "Willamette Law Review Symposium: Unparalleled Justice: The Legacy of Hans Linde" (October 2006) "Hans A. Linde Receives Award" (American Constitution Society, Oregon Chapter, November 2006) John.