Dorwin Wallace Suttle
Appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964 and confirmed by voice vote, Dorwin Wallace Suttle was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. He earned a law degree from University of Texas School of Law in 1928. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1906–2001
- Appointed by
- Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Texas Law 1928
- Succeeded
- Ben Herbert Rice Jr.
- Succeeded by
- Clyde Frederick Shannon Jr.
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Western District of Texas succeeded Ben Herbert Rice Jr. | L.B. Johnson (D) | Voice vote |
Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own. A voice vote means the chamber approved aloud. No senator-by-senator tally is recorded.
Confirmation vote
Voice vote
The Senate approved this confirmation aloud, with no senator-by-senator tally recorded. Recorded roll-call votes begin in 1989.
Education
| University of Texas School of Law | LL.B. | 1928 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Suttle was assigned 332 district-court cases (1989–1999). Median time from filing to termination: 149 days across 332 closed cases.
Case assignment is from CourtListener’s PACER-derived docket records: a partial sample, not a complete caseload, reflecting the judge last assigned each case. How we count.
In our data, Suttle authored 44 published opinions for the court (1967–1996). Most cited: United States v. One Piece of Real Estate, Etc. (46 citations).
A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.
Recent & notable rulings
| Year | Case | Citation | Cited |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | United States v. One Piece of Real Estate, Etc. | 571 F. Supp. 723 | 46 |
| 1988 | Chiodo v. NBC Bank-Brooks Field (In Re Chiodo) | 88 B.R. 780 | 30 |
| 1969 | United States v. James | 301 F. Supp. 107 | 23 |
| 1973 | Humphrey v. Southwestern Portland Cement Company | 369 F. Supp. 832 | 21 |
| 1973 | Hardin v. Estelle | 365 F. Supp. 39 | 20 |
| 1980 | Castro v. Saudi Arabia | 510 F. Supp. 309 | 15 |
| 1972 | Flores v. Norton & Ramsey Lines, Inc. | 352 F. Supp. 150 | 15 |
| 1978 | Flower v. Federal Bureau of Investigation | 448 F. Supp. 567 | 14 |
| 1970 | Karr v. Schmidt | 320 F. Supp. 728 | 14 |
| 1980 | Winters v. Working | 510 F. Supp. 14 | 13 |
| 1969 | Frye v. Moran | 302 F. Supp. 1291 | 13 |
| 1977 | Chrome Plate, Inc. v. District Director of Internal Revenue | 442 F. Supp. 1023 | 11 |
| 1975 | United States v. Parr | 399 F. Supp. 883 | 11 |
| 1980 | Rummel v. Estelle | 498 F. Supp. 793 | 10 |
| 1978 | Presidio Bridge Co. v. Secretary of United States | 486 F. Supp. 288 | 10 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 44 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.
Questions & answers
- Who appointed Dorwin Wallace Suttle?
- President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Dorwin Wallace Suttle to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas in 1964.
- Was Dorwin Wallace Suttle appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Dorwin Wallace Suttle was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Dorwin Wallace Suttle's confirmation vote?
- Dorwin Wallace Suttle was confirmed by voice vote on June 30, 1964. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Dorwin Wallace Suttle on?
- Dorwin Wallace Suttle was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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37 years on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).