Warren Leroy Jones (July 2, 1895 – November 11, 1993) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. On the Civil Rights-era Fifth Circuit, Judge Jones was the swing vote between the progressive "Four" and the segregationist, Southern-Senator-sponsored Cameron, Bell and Gewin, being close in philosophy to veteran Chief Judge Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Jr. and committed to following precedent.
Warren Leroy Jones
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1895 in Gordon, NE
Died 1993 in Jacksonville, FL
FJC ID: 1206
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 40/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 411/year
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1955–1981Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1981–1993
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, Jacksonville, Florida1925–1955
- Private practice, Denver, Colorado1925
- Denver County, ColoradoDeputy district attorney · 1922–1924
Appointments
1955–1981 · Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)Term ended: Reassignment
Education
- University of Denver College of Law (now Sturm College of Law)LL.B. · 1924