DuVal West (November 13, 1861 – May 13, 1949) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.
DuVal West
Born 1861 in Austin, TX
Died 1949 in San Antonio, TX
FJC ID: 2550
Career output and lasting influence
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 3/year
Texas Western District Court · 1916–1949
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, San Antonio, Texas1890–1916
- President Woodrow WilsonPersonal representative in Mexico · 1915
First Texas Volunteer InfantryU.S. Army · 1898
Western District of TexasAssistant U.S. attorney · 1893–1897- Western District of TexasChief deputy marshal · 1886–1888
Deputy clerk · 1884–1885
Appointments
- 1916–1949 · Appointed by Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
- West Texas Military Academy (now Texas Military Institute)
- Cumberland School of LawLL.B. · 1890