Joe Ewing Estes (October 24, 1903 – October 24, 1989) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
Joe Ewing Estes
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
Born 1903 in Commerce, TX
Died 1989
FJC ID: 718
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 4/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 41/year
Texas Northern District Court · 1955–1989
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 · 1969–1971
- Private practice, Dallas, Texas1946–1955
- U.S. Naval Reserve lieutenant1942–1945
- Private practice, Fort Worth, Texas1930–1942
- Private practice, Commerce, Texas1928–1930
Appointments
1955–1989 · Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1927