Walter Parker Stacy (December 26, 1884 in Ansonville, North Carolina – September 13, 1951[1]) was a chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court from 1925 until his death in 1951.

[2] Stacy was a 1908 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where a scholarship for law students was later established in his memory.

In 1926, Stacy was elected to continue in the post over Republican James J. Britt.

In 1937, Roosevelt closely considered Stacy for an opening on the U.S. Supreme Court but in the end the appointment went to Hugo Black.

[6][7][8] Later, President Harry S. Truman appointed Stacy to a fact-finding board to consider a labor dispute between General Motors and the United Auto Workers[9] and to a board on labor problems in government-possessed mines.