Sidney Carr Mize (March 7, 1888 – April 26, 1965) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.
Sidney Carr Mize
Mississippi Southern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
Born 1888 in Scott County, MS
Died 1965
FJC ID: 1662
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 4/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 8/year
Mississippi Southern District Court · 1937–1965
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
Special district attorney · 1914–present- Special county judge · 1930–present
- Private practice, Gulfport, Mississippi1911–1937
- Special chancery judge
Appointments
1937–1965 · Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
- University of Mississippi Department of LawLL.B. · 1911
- Mississippi CollegeA.B. · 1908