David Lionel Bazelon (September 3, 1909 – February 19, 1993) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
David L. Bazelon
District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge — U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Born 1909 in Superior, WI
Died 1993 in Washington, DC
FJC ID: 125
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 11/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 133/year
District of Columbia District Court · 1950–1993District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals · 1950–1993
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
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 1963–1977
Public Lands Division, U.S. Department of JusticeAssistant attorney general · 1946–1949- Northern District of IllinoisAssistant U.S. attorney · 1935–1946
- Private practice, Chicago, Illinois1932–1935
Appointments
1950–1993 · Appointed by Harry S Truman (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
- Read law1932
- Northwestern UniversityB.S.L. · 1931