David Renwick Thompson (December 26, 1930 – February 19, 2011) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
David R. Thompson
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1930 in San Diego, CA
Died 2011 in San Francisco, CA
FJC ID: 2374
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 25/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 847/year
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1985–2011
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, San Diego, California1957–1985
U.S. Navy1955–1957
Appointments
1985–2011 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- University of Southern California Law School (now Gould School of Law)LL.B. · 1955
- University of Southern CaliforniaB.S., business · 1952