Background
Thornton, David M. was born on September 24, 1922 in Portland, Maine, United States.
Thornton, David M. was born on September 24, 1922 in Portland, Maine, United States.
University of Notre Dame (Bachelor of Science, 1948. Juris Doctor, 1953); Southern Methodist University (graduate fellow, 1954).
Federal Cases: 21 Turtle Creek Square, Limited. v. New York State Teachers" Retirement System, 404 F.2d 31 (5th Circuit 1968); 21 Turtle Creek Square, Limited. v. New York State Teachers" Retirement System, 425 F.2d 1366 (5th Circuit 1970), modified 432 F2d 64 (5th Circuit 1970), certified denied, 401 United States. 955, (1970); First National Bank of Cushing v. Security Mutual Casualty Company, 431 F2d 1025 (10th Circuit 1970), certified denied, 401 United States. 975, (1971); McDowell-Purcell, Incorporated. v. Manhattan Construction Company, 383 F. Supp. 802 (North Dakota Alabama 1974), aff"d, 515 F2d 1181, (5th Cir). reh. denied, 520 F2d 943 (5th Circuit 1975), certified denied, 424 United States. 915, (1976); East.C. Ernst, Incorporated. v. Manhattan Construction Company, 551 F2d 1026, modified, 559 F2d 268 (5th Circuit 1977), certified denied, 434 United States. 1067, (1978). State Cases: Wheatley Industries v. Owens-Corning Fiberglass Company, 470 P2d 986 (Okl. 1970); Thompson v. Inman, 482 P2d 927 (Okl. 1971). Texas Cases: Gevinson v. Manhattan Construction Company of Oklahoma, 449 South.W.2d 458 (Texas 1969).Worked at Thornton and Thornton, A Professional Corporation (Tulsa, Oklahoma) specializing in Construction, Oil and Gas, Commercial Law. Admitted to the bar, 1954, Texas. 1955, Oklahoma and United States.
District Court, Northern and Western Districts of Oklahoma.
1968, United States. Tax Court and United States. Court of Appeals, Tenth and Fifth Circuits.
1973, United States. District Court, Southern District of Alabama.
1974, United States. Supreme Court. 1992, United States. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Tulsa County, Oklahoma and American Bar Associations.
State Bar of Texas.
Member: Tulsa County, Oklahoma and American Bar Associations. State Bar of Texas.