Samuel Ray Cummings (born October 18, 1944) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 8/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 19/year
Texas Northern District Court · 1987–2014
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, Texas1970–1987
Appointments
1987–2014 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Education
- Baylor University School of LawJ.D. · 1970
- Texas Technological College (now Texas Tech University)B.B.A. · 1967