David Vreeland Kenyon (September 10, 1930 – March 31, 2015) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
David Vreeland Kenyon
California Central District Court
Born 1930 in San Marino, CA
Died 2015
FJC ID: 1263
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 47/year
California Central District Court · 1980–1997
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
- Superior Court of California, County of Los AngelesJudge · 1972–1980
- Los Angeles [California] Municipal CourtJudge · 1971–1972
- Private practice, Los Angeles, California1958–1959, 1961–1971
- National Theatres and Television, Inc.House counsel · 1960–1961
- Metro-Goldwyn-MayerHouse counsel · 1959–1960
Law clerk , Hon. Ernest A. Tolin · 1957–1958
U.S. Marine Corps infantry officer1953–1954
Appointments
- 1980–1997 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)Term ended: Retirement
Education
- University of Southern California Law School (now Gould School of Law)J.D. · 1957
- University of California, BerkeleyB.A. · 1952