William E. Lee (Idaho judge)

William E. Lee (January 27, 1882 – December 5, 1955) was a justice of the Idaho Supreme Court from 1922 to 1930, serving as chief justice from 1926 to 1929.

Biography
Lee graduated from the University of Idaho, and received his law degree from the National University School of Law in Washington, D.C., thereafter returning to Moscow, Iowa, to practice law. He entered into a partnership there with C. J. Orland, under the firm name of Orland & Lee, the firm "building up a lucrative practice". In August 1922, Lee was nominated by the Republican Party as their candidate for a seat on the state supreme court.

Following his service on the court, Lee was appointed to the Interstate Commerce Commission by President Herbert Hoover in 1932, serving as chair for a time, and remaining on the commission until he reached the mandatory retirement age in 1953.