Elbert Bertram Haltom Jr.
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1980 and confirmed by voice vote, Elbert Bertram Haltom Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. He earned a law degree from University of Alabama School of Law in 1948. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1922–2003
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter, 1980
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Alabama Law 1948
- Succeeded by
- Charles Lynwood Smith Jr.
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Northern District of Alabama | 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
| University of Alabama School of Law | LL.B. | 1948 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Haltom was assigned 2,164 district-court cases (1980–1997). Median time from filing to termination: 209 days across 2,164 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.
In our data, Haltom authored 30 published opinions for the court (1983–1996). Most cited: State Auto Mutual Insurance v. McIntyre Ex Rel. Buck (37 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | State Auto Mutual Insurance v. McIntyre Ex Rel. Buck | 652 F. Supp. 1177 | 37 |
| 1989 | Kilpatrick v. Martin K. Eby Const. Co., Inc. | 708 F. Supp. 1241 | 20 |
| 1991 | St. Paul Ins. Co. of Illinois v. Cromeans | 771 F. Supp. 349 | 16 |
| 1983 | Russell v. Tennessee Valley Authority | 564 F. Supp. 1043 | 12 |
| 1996 | Miles v. Kilgore | 928 F. Supp. 1071 | 11 |
| 1992 | Smelley v. United States | 806 F. Supp. 932 | 9 |
| 1987 | United States v. Terrell (In Re Terrell) | 75 B.R. 291 | 9 |
| 1986 | Hughes Associates, Inc. v. Printed Circuit Corp. | 631 F. Supp. 851 | 9 |
| 1987 | Affiliated Paper Companies, Inc. v. Hughes | 667 F. Supp. 1436 | 8 |
| 1985 | Welty v. S.F. & G., Inc. | 605 F. Supp. 1548 | 8 |
| 1987 | Hovater v. Equifax Services, Inc. | 669 F. Supp. 392 | 6 |
| 1996 | Lackey v. Gateway Homes, Inc. | 944 F. Supp. 870 | 5 |
| 1992 | Muscle Shoals Associates, Ltd. v. MHF Insurance Agency, Inc. | 792 F. Supp. 1224 | 5 |
| 1991 | Brizendine v. Continental Casualty Co. | 773 F. Supp. 313 | 5 |
| 1989 | Rikard v. Alabama (In Re Rikard) | 127 B.R. 59 | 4 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 30 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 Elbert Bertram Haltom Jr.?
- President Jimmy Carter appointed Elbert Bertram Haltom Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama in 1980.
- Was Elbert Bertram Haltom Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Elbert Bertram Haltom Jr. was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Elbert Bertram Haltom Jr.'s confirmation vote?
- Elbert Bertram Haltom Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on May 29, 1980. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Elbert Bertram Haltom Jr. on?
- Elbert Bertram Haltom Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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23 years on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).