Edward Huggins Johnstone
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1977 and confirmed by voice vote, Edward Huggins Johnstone was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. He earned a law degree from University of Kentucky College of Law in 1949. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1922–2013
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter, 1977
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Kentucky College of Law 1949
- Succeeded
- James Fleming Gordon
- Succeeded by
- Thomas B. Russell
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Western District of Kentucky succeeded James Fleming Gordon | Carter (D) | 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
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Johnstone was assigned 2,833 district-court cases (1980–2010). Median time from filing to termination: 291 days across 2,833 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 59 of Johnstone’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 57 were affirmed, 1 reversed or vacated, and 1 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, Johnstone authored 82 published opinions for the court (1980–2009). Most cited: Kendrick v. Bland (44 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Kendrick v. Bland | 541 F. Supp. 21 | 44 |
| 1985 | Higgs v. Wilson | 616 F. Supp. 226 | 30 |
| 1984 | Dunn Ex Rel. Dunn v. Paducah International Raceway | 599 F. Supp. 612 | 29 |
| 1982 | Canterino v. Wilson | 546 F. Supp. 174 | 29 |
| 1990 | United States v. Distler | 741 F. Supp. 643 | 27 |
| 1990 | United States v. Distler | 741 F. Supp. 637 | 25 |
| 1983 | Canterino v. Wilson | 562 F. Supp. 106 | 22 |
| 1987 | United States v. Larkins | 657 F. Supp. 76 | 18 |
| 1985 | Larkins v. Commercial Bank of Dawson (In Re Larkins) | 50 B.R. 984 | 18 |
| 1991 | Matt v. Liberty Mutual Insurance | 798 F. Supp. 429 | 17 |
| 1984 | Kendrick v. Bland | 586 F. Supp. 1536 | 17 |
| 1996 | St. Martin v. KFC Corp. | 935 F. Supp. 898 | 16 |
| 1993 | Hines v. Elf Atochem North America, Inc. | 813 F. Supp. 550 | 14 |
| 1992 | Goldman Services Mechanical Contracting, Inc. v. Citizens Bank & Trust Co. | 812 F. Supp. 738 | 12 |
| 2009 | MacKins v. Astrue | 655 F. Supp. 2d 770 | 11 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 82 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 Edward Huggins Johnstone?
- President Jimmy Carter appointed Edward Huggins Johnstone to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky in 1977.
- Was Edward Huggins Johnstone appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Edward Huggins Johnstone was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Edward Huggins Johnstone's confirmation vote?
- Edward Huggins Johnstone was confirmed by voice vote on October 7, 1977. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Edward Huggins Johnstone on?
- Edward Huggins Johnstone was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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35 years on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).