Dickinson Richards Debevoise (April 23, 1924 – August 14, 2015) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Dickinson Richards Debevoise
Born 1924 in Orange, NJ
Died 2015 in Summit, NJ
FJC ID: 595
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 13/year
New Jersey District Court · 1979–2015
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, Newark, New Jersey1953–1979
U.S. Army lieutenant1951–1953
Law clerk , Hon. Phillip Forman · 1952–1953- U.S. Army sergeant1943–1945
Appointments
- 1979–2015 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1951- Williams CollegeB.A. · 1948