John Virgil Singleton Jr. (March 20, 1918 – March 20, 2015) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
John Virgil Singleton Jr.
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Born 1918 in Kaufman, TX
Died 2015 in Houston, TX
FJC ID: 2199
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 10/year
Texas Southern District Court · 1966–1992
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 · 1980–1983
- Private practice, Houston, Texas1946–1966
U.S. Navy lieutenant commander1942–1946- U.S. Veterans Administration1946
Appointments
1966–1992 · Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)Term ended: Retirement
Education
- Naval Justice School1948
- University of TexasB.A. · 1942