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Douglas H. Ginsburg

Douglas H. Ginsburg, also known as Douglas Howard Ginsburg, is a senior judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, appointed by Reagan in 1986.

Douglas L. Rayes

Douglas L. Rayes, born 1952 in Globe, Arizona, is an American jurist serving as a senior judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona since 2024.

Douglas Moylan

Douglas Moylan is an American politician and the Attorney General of Guam since January 2023, previously holding the office from 2003 as the territory's first elected attorney general.

Douglas P. Woodlock

Douglas P. Woodlock, also known as Douglas Preston Woodlock, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge in Massachusetts since 1986, appointed by President Ronald Reagan.

Douglas R. Cole

Douglas R. Cole, born Douglas Russell Cole in 1964, is a United States district judge for the Southern District of Ohio, nominated by President Trump in 2019.

Drake v Minister for Immigration & Ethnic Affairs

Drake v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1979) 46 FLR 409 is a Full Federal Court of Australia case defining AAT merits review: the tribunal must reach the correct or preferable decision independently, not merely apply ministerial policy.

Dream Team (law)

The Dream Team was the high-profile defense lawyer group assembled for O.J. Simpson's 1995 murder trial, led by Johnnie Cochran with Robert Shapiro, F. Lee Bailey, Alan Dershowitz, Barry Scheck, Peter Neufeld, and Robert Kardashian.

Dred Scott

Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) was the U.S. Supreme Court's 7-2 ruling, written by Chief Justice Taney, that Black people were not U.S. citizens and Congress could not ban slavery in federal territories, voiding the Missouri Compromise; overturned by the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments.

Dred Scott v. Sandford

Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) was the Supreme Court decision, 7-2 under Chief Justice Taney, holding that enslaved Black people were not U.S. citizens and that Congress could not ban slavery in federal territories; overturned by the 13th and 14th Amendments.

Drew B. Tipton

Drew B. Tipton, born Drew Barnett Tipton in 1967, is a United States district judge for the Southern District of Texas, nominated by President Trump and confirmed in 2020.

Drew Wrigley

Drew Wrigley is an American Republican politician and attorney serving as Attorney General of North Dakota, elected in 2022 after serving as lieutenant governor from 2010 to 2016.

Dunsmuir v New Brunswick

Dunsmuir v New Brunswick, 2008 SCC 9, is a Supreme Court of Canada administrative law case that reduced judicial review to two standards, correctness and reasonableness, defined reasonableness by justification, transparency and intelligibility, and dismissed dismissed civil servant David Dunsmuir's appeal.

E. R. Webber

E. Richard Webber, born in 1942, is an American jurist who served as a federal district judge in Missouri from 1995 until his retirement in 2022.

E. Randol Schoenberg

E. Randol Schoenberg (born 1966) is a Los Angeles litigator, co-founder of Burris, Schoenberg & Walden, who won Republic of Austria v. Altmann and recovered five Nazi-looted Klimt paintings worth over $325 million.

Earl Warren

Earl Warren (1891–1974), 14th Chief Justice of the United States (1953–1969) and three-term Republican Governor of California, led the Warren Court's rights revolution: Brown, Miranda, Baker v. Carr, Loving.

Early federal district judiciary of the United States

The early federal district judiciary was the system of single-judge US district courts created by the Judiciary Act of 1789, with thirteen districts handling admiralty and minor matters.

Early life and career of Abraham Lincoln

Early life and career of Abraham Lincoln: Kentucky birth 1809, Indiana boyhood 1816-1830, New Salem years, self-taught law, and four Whig terms in the Illinois legislature from 1834.

Early life and career of Barack Obama

Early life and career of Barack Obama: born 1961 in Honolulu, raised in Hawaii and Indonesia, Columbia 1983, Chicago community organizer 1985-1988, Harvard Law Review president 1990, Illinois State Senator 1996, US Senator 2004.

Ed Morgan (professor)

Ed Morgan, also known as Edward M. Morgan, is a Canadian legal scholar who taught international and constitutional law at the University of Toronto and became a Superior Court judge in 2012.

Edgardo Ramos

Edgardo Ramos, born in 1960 in Ponce, Puerto Rico, is a United States district judge for the Southern District of New York, appointed by President Barack Obama in 2011.

Edith B. Clement

Edith B. Clement, born Edith Brown Clement in 1948, is an American judge on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, appointed by President George W. Bush in 2001.

Edith H. Jones

Edith Hollan Jones, born 1949, is an American judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, appointed by Ronald Reagan in 1985.

Edmond E. Chang

Edmond E. Chang, also known as Edmond E-Min Chang, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Northern District of Illinois since 2010.

Edmond Picard

Edmond Picard (1836–1924) was a Belgian jurist, legal publisher, and socialist senator who founded the 136-volume Pandectes belges and mentored young writers including Emile Verhaeren and Maurice Maeterlinck.

Edmund A. Sargus, Jr.

Edmund A. Sargus, Jr. (born 1953) is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Southern District of Ohio since 1996.

Edmund Barton

Sir Edmund Barton (1849-1920), Australian federationist, first prime minister 1901-1903, and High Court justice 1903-1920; led the 1897-98 Constitution drafting convention.

Edmund Berry Godfrey

Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey (1621–1678), Westminster magistrate who took Titus Oates's Popish Plot deposition; found dead near Primrose Hill, 17 October 1678; his death fueled anti-Catholic panic; three men hanged on perjured evidence.

Edmund G. LaCour, Jr.

Edmund G. LaCour, Jr. is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Northern District of Alabama since 2025, appointed by President Trump.

Edmund Herring

Sir Edmund Francis (Ned) Herring (1892–1982), Australian soldier, barrister, and judge; Chief Justice of Victoria 1944–1964, lieutenant-governor 1945–1972, and wartime commander of New Guinea Force and I Corps.

Edward Brooke

Edward William Brooke III (1919-2015), Massachusetts Republican senator 1967-1979, first African American elected to the U.S. Senate by popular vote and first Black state attorney general; Fair Housing Act co-sponsor.