David Thomas Lewis (April 25, 1912 – September 28, 1983) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
David Thomas Lewis
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Born 1912 in Salt Lake City, UT
Died 1983 in Salt Lake City, UT
FJC ID: 1391
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 37/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 353/year
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1956–1983
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 · 1970–1977
Judge · 1950–1956- Private practice, Salt Lake City, Utah1938–1950
- UtahState representative · 1947–1948
U.S. Army1945–1946
Appointments
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth CircuitChief Judge1956–1983 · Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- University of Utah College of Law (now S.J. Quinney College of Law)J.D. · 1937
- University of UtahB.A. · 1935