William Carey Mathes (December 17, 1899 – July 24, 1967) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.
William Carey Mathes
California Southern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
Born 1899 in Hale Center, TX
Died 1967
FJC ID: 1501
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 6/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 57/year
California Southern District Court · 1945–1967
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
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 1958–1960
- Private practice, Los Angeles, California1924–1945
Appointments
1945–1967 · Appointed by Harry S Truman (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1924- University of TexasB.M.A. · 1921