David Dyer
| David Dyer | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| Fifth Circuit, transferred to Eleventh Circuit | |
| Title: | Former Judge |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Lyndon Johnson |
| Active: | 8/17/1966 - 9/30/1976 |
| Chief: | 1959 - 1961 |
| Senior: | 9/30/1976 - 6/7/1998 |
| Preceded by: | Warren Leroy Jones |
| Past post: | Southern District of Florida |
| Past chief: | 1962-1966 |
| Past term: | 1961-1966 |
| Past position: | Seat #6T |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | June 28, 1910 |
| Home State: | Columbus, OH |
| Deceased: | June 7, 1998 |
| Law School: | Stetson U. Law, LL.B., 1933 |
| Military service: | U.S. Army 1942-1945 |
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David William Dyer (1910-1998) was a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Early life and education
Professional career
- Private practice, Dade County, Florida, 1933-1942
- U.S. Army Major, J.A.G. Corps, 1942-1945
- Private practice, Dade County, Florida, 1945-1961 [1]
Judicial career
Southern District of Florida
Dyer was nominated to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida by President John F. Kennedy on September 1, 1961, to a new seat created by 75 Stat. 80; he was confirmed by the Senate on September 8, 1961, and received commission on September 18, 1961. From 1962-1966, he served as the chief judge. He served the Southern District of Florida until he was elevated to the Fifth Circuit on September 22, 1966. [1]
Fifth Circuit
Dyer was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by President Lyndon Johnson on August 16, 1966, to a seat vacated by Warren Leroy Jones; he was confirmed by the Senate on August 25, 1966, and received commission the next day. He assumed senior status on September 30, 1976. He served the Fifth Circuit until he was reappointed to the Eleventh Circuit on October 1, 1981. [1]
Eleventh Circuit
Dyer was reassigned to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on October 1, 1981. He served the court until his death on June 7, 1998. [1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Judge Dyer Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Federal judicial offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by: NA - new seat |
Southern District of Florida 1961–1966 Seat #6T |
Succeeded by: Joseph Eaton |
| Preceded by: Warren Leroy Jones |
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals 1966–1981 |
Succeeded by: NA |
| Preceded by: NA - reassigned |
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals 1981–1998 |
Succeeded by: ' |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Carl Stewart • James Dennis • James Graves • Edith Jones • Carolyn King • Leslie Southwick • Priscilla Owen • Jennifer Elrod • Catharina Haynes • Edith Clement • Edward Prado • Jerry Smith • Eugene Davis • Grady Jolly • Stephen Higginson | ||
| Senior judges |
Thomas Reavley • Patrick Higginbotham • John Duhe • Harold DeMoss • Fortunato Benavides • Emilio Garza • Jacques Wiener • Rhesa Barksdale • | ||
| Former judges | John Minor Wisdom • Edward Harris • Peter Fay • John Godbold • Robert Lanier Anderson • Phyllis Kravitch • Gerald Tjoflat • Joseph Hatchett • Albert Henderson • Paul Roney • David Dyer • Elbert Tuttle • Thomas Clark • Richard Rives • Robert Vance • Lewis Morgan • James Hill • Andrew Phelps McCormick • Don Albert Pardee • Robert Hill • Alvin Rubin • Henry Politz • Reynaldo Garza • Albert Tate, Jr. • Jerre Williams • Robert Parker • Charles Pickering • David Davie Shelby • Rufus Edward Foster • Robert Lynn Batts • Nathan Philemon Bryan • Edwin Ruthven Holmes • Joseph Chappell Hutcheson • Alexander Campbell King • Samuel Hale Sibley • Claude Feemster Clayton • Richard Wilde Walker • Wayne Borah • Louie Willard Strum • Irving Goldberg • Leon McCord • Warren Leroy Jones • Robert Ainsworth • Joe Ingraham • William Thornberry • George Carswell • Curtis Waller • Griffin Bell • John Brown • Benjamin Cameron • James Coleman • Thomas Gee • Walter Gewin • Samuel Johnson • Elmo Lee • John Bryan Simpson • Frank M. Johnson, Jr. • Charles Clark • Robert Lee Russell • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
John Godbold • Elbert Tuttle • Richard Rives • Carolyn King • Henry Politz • Joseph Chappell Hutcheson • John Brown • James Coleman • Charles Clark • | ||
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Joel Dubina • Adalberto Jordan • Stanley Marcus • Beverly Martin • Gerald Tjoflat • Frank Hull • Charles Wilson • Rosemary Barkett • William Pryor • Edward Carnes | ||
| Senior judges |
Peter Fay • Robert Lanier Anderson • Phyllis Kravitch • James L. Edmondson • Emmett Cox • Susan Black • James Hill • | ||
| Former judges | John Godbold • Joseph Hatchett • Albert Henderson • Paul Roney • David Dyer • Elbert Tuttle • Thomas Clark • Richard Rives • Robert Vance • Lewis Morgan • Stanley Birch • Warren Leroy Jones • John Bryan Simpson • Frank M. Johnson, Jr. • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
John Godbold • Robert Lanier Anderson • Gerald Tjoflat • Joseph Hatchett • James L. Edmondson • Paul Roney • | ||
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| 1961 |
Ainsworth • Augelli • Austin • Battisti • Becker • Beeks • Bell • Blumenfeld • Bohanon • Brown • Browning • Bryan Sr. • Clarie • Cox • Craven • Croake • Davis • Dillin • Dooling • Doyle • Dumbauld • Duniway • Dyer • Freedman • Ganey • Garza • Gibson • Gray • Hill • Kaufman • Kiley • Larkins • Larson • Lord • Luongo • MacBride • Machrowicz • Martin • McCree • McRae • Michie • Morgan • Northrop • Parsons • Peck II • Pence • Plummer • Putnam • Ridge • Sheridan • Smith • Stephens, Jr. • Swygert • West • Will • Wilson • Young • Zirpoli | ||
| 1962 |
Allgood • Barrow • Beamer • Bell • Body • Bonsal • Brewster • Brown • Butzner • Carr • Cohen • Coolahan • Cooper • Crary • Curtis • Daugherty • Oscar Davis • Elliott • Ellis • Eschbach • Feinberg • Foley • Fox • Gewin • Goldberg • Gray • Green • Hanson • Hays • Hughes • Jones • McLean • McManus • Meredith • Neese • Noel • Oliver • Preyer • Regan • Rosenberg • Rosling • Roth • Seth • Shaw • Smith • Spears • Templar • Tyler • Weigel • White • Winter • Wright • Wyatt | ||
| 1963 |
Almond • Cannella • Craig • Decker • Edwards • Fulton • Marovitz • McGowan • Mehaffy • Moynahan • Nealon • Payne • Phillips • Tenney • Thompson • Thornberry | ||
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| 1964 |
Anderson • Bratton • Christie • Collins • Cowen • Davis • Ely • Freedman • Gordon • Higginbotham • McNichols • Muecke • Nichols • Port • Rabinovitz • Robinson • Simons • Suttle • Weber • Whelan • Zampano | ||
| 1965 |
Bryant • Celebrezze • Coffin • Coleman • Collinson • Corcoran • Doyle • Eubanks • Fortas • Frankel • Gasch • Gibson • Gordon • Harris • Hemphill • Hill • Hunter • Landis • Langley • Leventhal • Maxwell • McEntee • Mehrtens • Nichol • Reynolds • Russell • Smith • Tamm • Thornberry • Young | ||
| 1966 |
Ainsworth • Atkins • Boyle • Cabot • Cassibry • Copple • Craven • Cummings • Dyer • Fairchild • Feinberg • Ferguson • Fullam • Garrity • Godbold • Goldberg • Goodwin • Gray • Guinn • Harvey • Hauk • Heaney • Heebe • Hickey • Hogan • Kaufman • Kinneary • Krentzman • Lay • Leddy • Lord • Lynch • MacKenzie • Mansfield • McCree • McRae • Mitchell • Motley • Napoli • Nichols • Noland • Peck II • Peckham • Pettine • Pittman • Porter • Real • Roberts • Robinson • Robinson • Rubin • Russell • Scott • Seals • Seitz • Simpson • Singleton • Skelton • Smith • Smith • Taylor • Thomas • von der Heydt • Watson • Winter • Wise | ||
| 1967 |
Arnow • Beckworth • Belloni • Butzner • Cancio • Carter • Clayton • Combs • Comiskey • Curtin • Eaton • Edenfield • Fernandez-Badillo • Gesell • Gordon • Jones • Keith • Kellam • Lambros • Maletz • Marshall • Masterson • Merhige • Morgan • Murray • Neville • Pollack • Pregerson • Theis • Troutman • Van Dusen • Waddy • Weiner • Weinstein • Whipple • Williams | ||
| 1968 |
Aldisert • Baldwin • Bownes • Bright • Green • Gubow • Henderson • Holloway • Hufstedler • Judd • Justice • Keady • Kerner, Jr. • Lasker • Latchum • Lawrence • McMillan • Morgan • Newman • Nixon • Pratt • Re • Rosenstein • Schwartz • Smith • Stahl • Travia • Woodward | ||
- Southern District of Florida, Seat 6T
- Former chief judge, Southern District of Florida
- Former federal judge, Southern District of Florida
- Former federal judge, Fifth Circuit
- Former federal judge, Eleventh Circuit
- Army veteran
- Appointed by Lyndon Johnson
- Confirmed 1966
- Confirmed 1981
- Appointed by John F. Kennedy
- Confirmed 1961
- Former federal judge
- Stetson U. Law Alumni
