Albert Vickers Bryan Jr.
Appointed by President Richard M. Nixon in 1971 and confirmed by voice vote, Albert Vickers Bryan Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. He earned a law degree from University of Virginia School of Law in 1950. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1926–2019
- Appointed by
- Richard M. Nixon, 1971
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Virginia Law 1950
- Succeeded by
- Leonie M. Brinkema
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Eastern District of Virginia | Nixon (R) | 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 Virginia School of Law | LL.B. | 1950 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Bryan was assigned 4,122 district-court cases (1980–2007). Median time from filing to termination: 129 days across 4,100 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.
On appeal
Of 22 of Bryan’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 22 were affirmed, 0 reversed or vacated. This is a historical count of appellate outcomes for cases we could match, not a judgment of the judge, and not a complete record. How we count.
In our data, Bryan authored 36 published opinions for the court (1972–2000). Most cited: Harris v. Murray (58 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Harris v. Murray | 761 F. Supp. 409 | 58 |
| 1972 | Davidson v. Kane | 337 F. Supp. 922 | 35 |
| 1973 | Gonzales v. Fairfax-Brewster School, Inc. | 363 F. Supp. 1200 | 24 |
| 1977 | MacLennan v. American Airlines, Inc. | 440 F. Supp. 466 | 21 |
| 1973 | Goldfarb v. Virginia State Bar | 355 F. Supp. 491 | 20 |
| 1972 | Virginians for Dulles v. Volpe | 344 F. Supp. 573 | 20 |
| 1987 | School Bd. of Prince William County v. Malone | 662 F. Supp. 999 | 18 |
| 1974 | Westinghouse Electric Corporation v. Schlesinger | 392 F. Supp. 1246 | 18 |
| 1972 | Kline v. Martin | 345 F. Supp. 31 | 18 |
| 1977 | Gambino v. Fairfax County School Board | 429 F. Supp. 731 | 17 |
| 1984 | Sharpe v. United States | 607 F. Supp. 4 | 14 |
| 1977 | Fairfax Hospital Ass'n, Inc. v. Mathews | 459 F. Supp. 429 | 12 |
| 2000 | Caesars World, Inc. v. Caesars-Palace. Com | 112 F. Supp. 2d 502 | 9 |
| 1985 | Koontz v. Jaffarian | 617 F. Supp. 1108 | 9 |
| 1973 | Lundy Electronics & Systems, Inc. v. Optical Recognition Systems, Inc. | 362 F. Supp. 130 | 9 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 36 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 Albert Vickers Bryan Jr.?
- President Richard M. Nixon appointed Albert Vickers Bryan Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in 1971.
- Was Albert Vickers Bryan Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Albert Vickers Bryan Jr. was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Albert Vickers Bryan Jr.'s confirmation vote?
- Albert Vickers Bryan Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on July 29, 1971. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Albert Vickers Bryan Jr. on?
- Albert Vickers Bryan Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: Administrative Office of the United States Courts (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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48 years on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).