Frank Cadmus Damrell Jr. (born July 6, 1938) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. He is also a Trustee of the University of California at Merced. In CAPEEM v. Noonan, he extended the right of educational entities to use the n-word with immunity from challenges under the Equal Protection Clause to school textbooks adopted by the State Board of Education, a right that had been granted to the Board of Education for use in literary works due to the ruling in Monteiro v. Tempe Union.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 1/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 8/year
California Eastern District Court · 1997–2011
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
Member · 2008–2011- Private practice, Modesto, California1968–1997
- Stanislaus County, CaliforniaDeputy district attorney · 1966–1968
State of CaliforniaDeputy attorney general · 1964–1966
Appointments
1997–2011 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)Term ended: Retirement
Education
LL.B. · 1964- University of California, BerkeleyB.A. · 1961