Jesse William Curtis Jr. (December 26, 1905 – August 5, 2008) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California and the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Jesse William Curtis Jr.
California Central District Court
Born 1905 in San Bernardino, CA
Died 2008 in Irvine, CA
FJC ID: 548
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 4/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 32/year
California Southern District Court · 1962–1966California Central District Court · 1966–1990
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
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 1972–1975
- Superior Court of California, County of San BernardinoJudge · 1953–1962
- Private practice, San Bernardino, California1932–1953
Appointments
1966–1990 (None (reassignment))Term ended: Retirement
1962–1966 · Appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)Term ended: Reassignment
Education
J.D. · 1932- University of RedlandsB.A. · 1928