David William Dyer (June 28, 1910 – June 7, 1998) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
David William Dyer
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Born 1910 in Columbus, OH
Died 1998 in Miami, FL
FJC ID: 675
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 13/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 127/year
Florida Southern District Court · 1961–1966Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1966–1981Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1981–1998
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, Dade County, Florida1933–1942, 1945–1961
JAG DepartmentU.S. Army major · 1942–1945
Appointments
1966–1981 · Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)Term ended: Reassignment
1961–1966 · Appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
LL.B. · 1933