William Benner Enright (July 12, 1925 – March 7, 2020) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.
William Benner Enright
California Southern District Court
Born 1925 in New York, NY
Died 2020 in La Mesa, CA
FJC ID: 710
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 5/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 59/year
California Southern District Court · 1972–2020
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
Member · 1990–2000- Private practice, San Diego, California1954–1972
- U.S. Naval Reserve law specialist1947–1962
- San Diego, CaliforniaDeputy district attorney · 1951–1954
- U.S. Naval Reserve1943–1946
Appointments
1972–2020 · Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, CaliforniaLL.B. · 1950
- Dartmouth CollegeA.B. · 1947