Ernest Guinn

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Western District of Texas

Years in office: 1966 - 1974

Education

Bachelor's

University of Texas, 1925

Law

University of Texas School of Law, 1927

Personal

Birthplace

Palestine, TX

Ernest Allen Guinn (1905-1974) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the Western District of Texas.

Guinn was nominated to the Western District of Texas by PresidentLyndon Johnson on June 28, 1966, to a new seat created by 80 Stat. 75; he was confirmed by the Senate on July 22, 1966, and received commission onJuly 27, 1966. He served the Western District of Texas until his death onJune 9, 1974.^[1] Guinn was succeeded in this position byWilliam Steele Sessions.

Early life and education

• University of Texas, B.A., 1925
• University of Texas School of Law, LL.B., 1927^[1]

Professional career

• Private practice, El Paso, TX, 1928-1930
• Assistant city attorney, El Paso, TX, 1935-1938
• City attorney, El Paso, TX, 1938-1939
• County attorney, El Paso County, TX, 1939-1954
• Private practice, El Paso, TX, 1954-1966^[1]

Judicial nominations and appointments

Western District of Texas

Guinn was nominated to the Western District of Texas by PresidentLyndon Johnson on June 28, 1966, to a new seat created by 80 Stat. 75; he was confirmed by the Senate on July 22, 1966, and received commission onJuly 27, 1966. He served the Western District of Texas until his death onJune 9, 1974.^[1] Guinn was succeeded in this position byWilliam Steele Sessions.

External links

• Judge Guinn's Biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Western District of Texas
Active judges	Chief Judge: Alia Moses  •  Samuel Biery  •  Xavier Rodriguez  •  Kathleen Cardone  •  Orlando Garcia  •  Jason Pulliam  •  David Counts  •  Robert Pitman  •  Leon Schydlower  •  Alan Albright  •  Ernesto Gonzalez (Texas)
Senior judges	David Briones  •  Frank Montalvo  •  Robert Junell  •  David Alan Ezra  •  James Nowlin  •  David Guaderrama  •
Magistrate judges	Victor Garcia  •  Jeff Manske  •  Collis White  •  Robert Castaneda  •  Anne Teresa Berton  •  Mark Lane (Texas)  •  Miguel Torres (Texas)  •  Henry J. Bemporad  •  Elizabeth Chestney  •  David Fannin  •  Dustin Howell  •  Richard Farrer  •  Ronald C. Griffin  •  Susan Hightower (Texas)  •
Former Article III judges	Thomas Howard DuVal  •  Ezekiel Turner  •  Edward Prado  •  Emilio Garza  •  Thomas Sheldon Maxey  •  William Robert Smith  •  Walter Smith Jr.  •  Harry Hudspeth  •  Sam Sparks  •  Earl Yeakel  •  Philip Martinez  •  William Furgeson  •  DuVal West  •  Charles Albert Boynton  •  Robert Johnston McMillan  •  William Steele Sessions  •  Lucius Bunton  •  Hipolito Garcia  •  Ernest Guinn  •  Walter Keeling  •  Ben Rice  •  Jack Roberts (Texas)  •  Clyde Shannon  •  Adrian Spears (Texas district court judge)  •  Dorwin Suttle  •  Robert Thomason  •  William Thornberry  •  John Wood (Texas)  •
Former Chief judges	Walter Smith Jr.  •  Harry Hudspeth  •  William Steele Sessions  •  Lucius Bunton  •  James Nowlin  •  Ben Rice  •  Jack Roberts (Texas)  •  Adrian Spears (Texas district court judge)  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byLyndon Johnson
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