Who appointed Earl Leroy Yeakel III?

President George W. Bush appointed Earl Leroy Yeakel III to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas in 2003.

Was Earl Leroy Yeakel III appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Earl Leroy Yeakel III was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Earl Leroy Yeakel III's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Earl Leroy Yeakel III 91–0 on July 28, 2003.

Western District of Texas / Appointed 2003 / Served to 2023

Earl Leroy Yeakel III

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2003 and confirmed by the Senate 91–0, Earl Leroy Yeakel III was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. He earned a law degree from University of Texas School of Law in 1969. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1945 · age 81
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2003
Confirmed: 91–0
Education: University of Texas 1966 · University of Texas Law 1969
Succeeded: James Robertson Nowlin
Succeeded by: Andrew Bray Davis

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2003	Western District of Texas succeeded James Robertson Nowlin	G.W. Bush (R)	91–0

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own.

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 91–0 on July 28, 2003 · 108th Congress, Roll Call 307. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 91

41 D, 49 R, 1 I

Did not vote · 9

7 D, 2 R

Education

University of Texas	B.A.	1966
University of Texas School of Law	J.D.	1969
University of Virginia School of Law	LL.M.	2001

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Yeakel was assigned 7,597 district-court cases (2001–2023). Median time from filing to termination: 183 days across 7,586 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas20%

Civil rights13%

Contract11%

Intellectual property11%

Other civil matters9%

Other federal statutes9%

Other27%

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 1,084 of Yeakel’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 888 were affirmed, 118 reversed or vacated, and 78 affirmed in part and reversed in part. 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, Yeakel authored 44 published opinions for the court (2004–2009). Most cited: Board of Regents Ex Rel. University of Texas v. KST Electric, Ltd. (31 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
2008	Board of Regents Ex Rel. University of Texas v. KST Electric, Ltd.	550 F. Supp. 2d 657	31
2008	Shanklin v. Fernald	539 F. Supp. 2d 878	17
2004	Nader v. Connor	332 F. Supp. 2d 982	17
2004	Lamar Homes, Inc. v. Mid-Continent Casualty Co.	335 F. Supp. 2d 754	13
2007	Southern Wine and Spirits of Texas, Inc. v. Steen	486 F. Supp. 2d 626	10
2007	United States v. Coronado	480 F. Supp. 2d 923	8
2004	Simmang v. Texas Board of Law Examiners	346 F. Supp. 2d 874	7
2009	Meza v. Livingston	623 F. Supp. 2d 782	6
2007	Abbott v. Abbott	495 F. Supp. 2d 635	6
2006	DDB Technologies, L.L.C. v. MLB Advanced Media, L.P.	465 F. Supp. 2d 657	6
2006	Umbrella Bank, FSB v. Jamison	341 B.R. 835	6
2008	Coastal Habitat Alliance v. Patterson	601 F. Supp. 2d 868	4
2006	Watson v. Law Enforcement Alliance of America, Inc.	451 F. Supp. 2d 870	4
2006	Gonnering v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas	420 F. Supp. 2d 660	4
2005	O'DONNELL v. Abbott	393 F. Supp. 2d 508	4

Showing the 15 most-cited of 44 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 Earl Leroy Yeakel III?: President George W. Bush appointed Earl Leroy Yeakel III to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas in 2003.
Was Earl Leroy Yeakel III appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Earl Leroy Yeakel III was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Earl Leroy Yeakel III's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Earl Leroy Yeakel III 91–0 on July 28, 2003.
Which court was Earl Leroy Yeakel III on?: Earl Leroy Yeakel III was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas.

Sources

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19 years on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).