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Benjamin Cushing Duniway

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Born 1907 in Stanford, CA

Died 1986 in Stanford, CA

FJC ID: 665

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 24/year

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1961–198619611980200020202026240
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 356/year

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1961–1986196119802000202020263560
citing decisions

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1961–1986

Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.

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Benjamin Cushing Duniway (November 21, 1907 – August 23, 1986) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. California Court of Appeal, First District
    Justice · 1959–1961
  2. Private practice, San Francisco, California
    1933–1942, 1947–1959
  3. U.S. Office of Price Administration, San Francisco, California and Washington, D.C.
    Regional attorney · 1945–1947

Appointments

  1. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
    1961–1986 · Appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. University of Oxford
    M.A. · 1964
  2. University of Oxford
    B.A. · 1933
  3. Stanford University Law School
    LL.B. · 1931
  4. Carleton College
    B.A. · 1928