Dorwin Wallace Suttle (July 16, 1906 – September 29, 2001) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.
Dorwin Wallace Suttle
Born 1906 in Knox County, IN
Died 2001 in San Antonio, TX
FJC ID: 2317
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 19/year
Texas Western District Court · 1964–2001
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, Uvalde, Texas1928–1964
- Uvalde, TexasCity attorney · 1929, 1937–1941
- Vice President John Nance GarnerClerk · 1937–1941
- Uvalde County, TexasCounty attorney · 1929–1936
World War IIU.S. Navy
Appointments
1964–2001 · Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1928