Jerre Stockton Williams (August 21, 1916 – August 29, 1993) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Jerre Stockton Williams
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1916 in Denver, CO
Died 1993 in Austin, TX
FJC ID: 2596
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 39/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 623/year
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1980–1993
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
Professor · 1946–1967, 1970–1980- ↳associate professor of law · 1946–1950
- ↳professor of law · 1950–1967
- ↳John B. Connally chair of civil jurisprudence · 1970–1980
- Administrative Conference of the United StatesChairman · 1968–1970
- U.S. Bureau of the BudgetConsultant · 1966–1967
Air ForceU.S. Army captain · 1942–1946- University of DenverAssistant professor of law · 1946
Instructor in law · 1941–1942- Office of Price AdministrationAssistant attorney · 1942
- Study of Loyalty-Security Program, Association of the Bar of New York City, 1955-56Associate director
Appointments
1980–1993 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
J.D. · 1941- University of DenverA.B. · 1938