Edward Bertrand Davis (February 10, 1933 – May 24, 2010) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Edward Bertrand Davis
Florida Southern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Born 1933 in West Palm Beach, FL
Died 2010 in Miami, FL
FJC ID: 575
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 1/year
Florida Southern District Court · 1979–2000
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, Miami, Florida1961–1979
U.S. Army private1953–1955
Appointments
1979–2000 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)Term ended: Retirement
Education
LL.M. · 1961- University of Florida College of Law (now Fredric G. Levin College of Law)J.D. · 1960