Joseph Brannon Dooley (December 13, 1889 – January 19, 1967) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
Joseph Brannon Dooley
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
Born 1889 in San Angelo, TX
Died 1967
FJC ID: 635
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 1/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 5/year
Texas Northern District Court · 1947–1967
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, Amarillo, Texas1911–1947
- State Bar of TexasPresident · 1944–1945
Appointments
1947–1967 · Appointed by Harry S Truman (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1911