William Wayne Justice (February 25, 1920 – October 13, 2009) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
William Wayne Justice
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Born 1920 in Athens, TX
Died 2009 in Austin, TX
FJC ID: 1217
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 26/year
Texas Eastern District Court · 1968–2009
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
U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Texas1961–1968- Private practice, Athens, Texas1946–1961
- Athens, TexasCity attorney · 1948–1950, 1952–1958
U.S. Army1942–1946
Appointments
1968–2009 · Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1942