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David O. Carter

David O. Carter (born 1944) is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Central District of California since 1998, appointed by President Bill Clinton.

David O. Nuffer

David O. Nuffer, also known as David Ogden Nuffer, is an American jurist and senior judge of the United States District Court for the District of Utah.

David R. Hansen

David Rasmussen Hansen, born 1938 in Exira, Iowa, is an American jurist and senior judge of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, elevated in 1991.

David R. Stras

David R. Stras, born David Ryan Stras in 1974, is an American jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the Eighth Circuit since 2018.

David S. Cercone

David Stewart Cercone, born 1952 in Pittsburgh, is a senior United States district judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, appointed by President George W. Bush in 2002.

David S. Leibowitz

David S. Leibowitz, born David Seymour Leibowitz, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Southern District of Florida since 2024.

David S. Morales

David S. Morales, born 1968 in Edinburg, Texas, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Southern District of Texas since 2019.

David Sam

David Sam, born in 1933, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge for the District of Utah, appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1985.

David Souter

David Hackett Souter (1939-2025), U.S. Supreme Court associate justice 1990-2009, appointed by George H.W. Bush from New Hampshire; co-authored Planned Parenthood v. Casey, dissented in Bush v. Gore, retired 2009.

David W. Dugan

David Wayne Dugan is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Southern District of Illinois since 2020, appointed by President Trump.

David W. McKeague

David W. McKeague is an American jurist and senior judge of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, appointed by President George W. Bush in 2005.

De minimis

De minimis, from the Latin maxim de minimis non curat lex, is the legal principle that the law does not concern itself with trifles, applied in copyright, tax, criminal, and competition law.

Dean Whipple

Dean Whipple (born 1938) is an American jurist and senior United States district judge for the Western District of Missouri, appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1987.

DeAndrea G. Benjamin

DeAndrea G. Benjamin, also known as DeAndrea Gist Benjamin, is an American jurist on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, appointed by President Biden in 2023.

Death certificate

Death certificate: official vital-records document stating a person's identity, fact of death, cause, and manner of death; also called medical certificate of cause of death (MCCD), source of mortality statistics.

Deborah Coyne

Deborah Coyne (Deborah Margaret Ryland Coyne, born 1955, Ottawa) is a Canadian lawyer, author and constitutional activist who opposed the Meech Lake and Charlottetown Accords, advised Clyde Wells, and ran for the 2012 Liberal leadership.

Deborah K. Chasanow

Deborah K. Chasanow (born 1948) is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge of the District of Maryland, appointed by President Clinton in 1993.

Deborah L. Boardman

Deborah L. Boardman, born Deborah Lynn Boardman in 1974, is an American jurist serving as a US district judge for the District of Maryland since 2021.

Deborah L. Cook

Deborah L. Cook, born 1952 in Pittsburgh, is a senior judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (confirmed 2003, 66-25) and former 146th justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio, 1995-2003.

Debra A. Livingston

Debra A. Livingston, born 1959, is an American jurist on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, appointed by George W. Bush in 2007.

Debra M. Brown

Debra Marie Brown (born 1963) is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Northern District of Mississippi since 2013, appointed by President Barack Obama and chief judge since 2021.

Dee D. Drell

Dee D. Drell is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge for the Western District of Louisiana, appointed by President George W. Bush in 2003.

Defendant

Defendant: the party against whom a proceeding is brought; the accused in criminal cases, the person or entity sued by the plaintiff in civil cases, and the respondent in certain actions, appeals, and family law.

Delgamuukw v British Columbia

Delgamuukw v British Columbia ([1997] 3 S.C.R. 1010) is the Supreme Court of Canada's 1997 Aboriginal title ruling, arising from the Gitxsan and Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs' 1984 claim over 58,000 km2 of northwest British Columbia; it defined Aboriginal title as sui generis, set the proof test, and barred provincial extinguishment.

Delissa A. Ridgway

Delissa A. Ridgway, born Delissa Anne Ridgway, is an American jurist serving as a senior judge of the United States Court of International Trade since 2019.

Delwar Hossain Sayeedi

Delwar Hossain Sayeedi (Delawar Hossain Sayedee), Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-e-Ameer and Islamic preacher, convicted by Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal in 2013 of 1971 war crimes; death sentence commuted in 2014 to life imprisonment; died in custody 14 August 2023.

Demographics of the Supreme Court of the United States

Demographics of the Supreme Court of the United States: race, gender, religion, professional, and educational characteristics of the 17 Chief Justices and 104 Associate Justices since 1789, from Thurgood Marshall (1967) and Sandra Day O'Connor (1981) to Ketanji Brown Jackson (2022).

Dena M. Coggins

Dena M. Coggins is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Eastern District of California since 2024, appointed by President Biden.

Deng Adut

Deng Thiak Adut (born 1983) is a South Sudanese-born Australian criminal lawyer in Blacktown, Sydney, a former SPLA child soldier, 2017 NSW Australian of the Year, and author of Songs of a War Boy.

Denis R. Hurley

Denis R. Hurley, born 1937, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge of the Eastern District of New York, appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1991.