Clyde Roger Vinson (February 19, 1940 – April 1, 2023) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida. Until May 3, 2013, he was also a member of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
Clyde Roger Vinson
Florida Northern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida
Born 1940 in Cadiz, KY
Died 2023
FJC ID: 2462
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 4/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 25/year
Florida Northern District Court · 1983–2023
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
- Private practice, Pensacola, Florida1971–1983
U.S. Navy lieutenant1962–1968
Appointments
1983–2023 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
J.D. · 1971- U.S. Naval AcademyB.S. · 1962