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Walter Pettus Gewin

Walter Pettus Gewin

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Born 1908 in Nanafalia, AL

Died 1981 in Tuscaloosa, AL

FJC ID: 841

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 25/year

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1962–198119621980200020202025250
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 286/year

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1962–1981196219802000202020252860
citing decisions

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1962–1981

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.

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Walter Pettus Gewin (December 9, 1908 – May 15, 1981) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Private practice, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
    1951–1961
  2. Private practice, Greensboro, Alabama
    1936–1951
  3. Hale County, Alabama
    Prosecutor · 1942–1951
  4. Private practice, Birmingham, Alabama
    1935–1936

Appointments

  1. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    1962–1981 · Appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. University of Alabama School of Law
    University of Alabama School of Law
    LL.B. · 1935
  2. Emory University
    B.L.S. · 1932
  3. Birmingham-Southern College
    A.B. · 1930