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.
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
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 356/year
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.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- California Court of Appeal, First DistrictJustice · 1959–1961
- Private practice, San Francisco, California1933–1942, 1947–1959
- U.S. Office of Price Administration, San Francisco, California and Washington, D.C.Regional attorney · 1945–1947
Appointments
1961–1986 · Appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
- University of OxfordM.A. · 1964
- University of OxfordB.A. · 1933
LL.B. · 1931- Carleton CollegeB.A. · 1928