Jerry Lynn Buchmeyer (September 5, 1933 – September 21, 2009) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Dallas, Texas.
Jerry Buchmeyer
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
Born 1933 in Overton, TX
Died 2009 in San Marcos, TX
FJC ID: 307
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 8/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 17/year
Texas Northern District Court · 1979–2009
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, Dallas, Texas1958–1979
Appointments
1979–2009 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1957- University of TexasB.A. · 1955
- Kilgore Junior CollegeB.S. · 1953