Terry R. Means (born 1948) 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 7/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 24/year
Texas Northern District Court · 1991–2013
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
- Tenth Court of Appeals of TexasJustice · 1989–1991
- Private practice, Corsicana, Texas1974–1989
Appointments
1991–2013 · Appointed by George H.W. Bush (Republican)
Education
- Southern Methodist University School of Law (now Dedman School of Law)J.D. · 1974
- Southern Methodist UniversityB.A. · 1971