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Edward Jordan Dimock

Edward Jordan Dimock

New York Southern District Court

Born 1890 in Elizabeth, NJ

Died 1986 in Forestburgh, NY

FJC ID: 623

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year

New York Southern District Court · 1951–19861951196019802000201720
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 6/year

New York Southern District Court · 1951–19861951196019802000201760
citing decisions

New York Southern District Court · 1951–1986

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.

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Edward Jordan Dimock (January 4, 1890 – March 17, 1986) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Judicial Conference of the United States
    Member · 1958–1959
  2. Appeal Board, Office of Contract Settlement, Washington, D.C.
    Member · 1945–1951
    • chairman · 1945–1948
  3. Yale Law School
    Lecturer · 1941–1946
  4. Official Law Reports, State of New York
    Editor · 1942–1945
  5. Private practice, New York City
    1914–1941

Appointments

  1. New York Southern District Court
    1951–1986 · Appointed by Harry S Truman (Democratic)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. Harvard Law School
    LL.B. · 1914
  2. Yale College
    A.B. · 1911