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John Francis Dooling Jr.

New York Eastern District Court

Born 1908 in Brooklyn, NY

Died 1981

FJC ID: 636

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 5/year

New York Eastern District Court · 1961–19811961198020002020202550
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 66/year

New York Eastern District Court · 1961–198119611980200020202025660
citing decisions

New York Eastern District Court · 1961–1981

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.

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John Francis Dooling Jr. (June 13, 1908 – January 12, 1981) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Private practice, New York City
    1934–1961

Appointments

  1. New York Eastern District Court
    1961–1981 · Appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. Harvard Law School
    LL.B. · 1934
  2. St. John's University School of Law
  3. St. Francis College
    A.B. · 1929