Dudley Baldwin Bonsal (October 6, 1906 – July 22, 1995) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Dudley Baldwin Bonsal
New York Southern District Court
Born 1906 in Bedford, NY
Died 1995 in Bedford, NY
FJC ID: 210
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 6/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 37/year
New York Southern District Court · 1962–1995
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, New York City1930–1942, 1945–1961
- U.S. Office of Inter-American AffairsChief counsel · 1942–1945
Appointments
1962–1995 · Appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1930- Dartmouth CollegeA.B. · 1927