Eldon Brooks Mahon
Appointed by President Richard M. Nixon in 1972 and confirmed by voice vote, Eldon Brooks Mahon was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. He earned a law degree from University of Texas School of Law in 1942. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1918–2005
- Appointed by
- Richard M. Nixon, 1972
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- McMurry College 1939 · University of Texas Law 1942
- Succeeded
- Joe Ewing Estes
- Succeeded by
- John H. McBryde
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Northern District of Texas succeeded Joe Ewing Estes | 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
| McMurry College | B.A. | 1939 |
| University of Texas School of Law | LL.B. | 1942 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Mahon was assigned 1,766 district-court cases (1959–2001). Median time from filing to termination: 182 days across 1,758 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, Mahon authored 110 published opinions for the court (1973–2001). Most cited: Stafford Metal Works, Inc. v. Cook Paint & Varnish Co. (39 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Stafford Metal Works, Inc. v. Cook Paint & Varnish Co. | 418 F. Supp. 56 | 39 |
| 1983 | Braniff Airways, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board (In Re Braniff Airways, Inc.) | 27 B.R. 231 | 34 |
| 1974 | In Re Durensky | 377 F. Supp. 798 | 29 |
| 1976 | Kerbow v. Kerbow | 421 F. Supp. 1253 | 28 |
| 2000 | Boswell v. Honorable Governor of Texas | 138 F. Supp. 2d 782 | 27 |
| 1976 | Shore v. Howard | 414 F. Supp. 379 | 26 |
| 1975 | Lipscomb v. Wise | 399 F. Supp. 782 | 26 |
| 1990 | Moody v. Commercial Ins. Co. of Newark, NJ | 753 F. Supp. 198 | 25 |
| 1977 | Waples-Platter Companies v. General Foods Corp. | 439 F. Supp. 551 | 23 |
| 1976 | Vuyanich v. Republic National Bank of Dallas | 409 F. Supp. 1083 | 21 |
| 1976 | Webber v. White | 422 F. Supp. 416 | 19 |
| 1992 | Wightman v. Jones | 809 F. Supp. 474 | 18 |
| 1977 | Vincent v. General Dynamics Corp. | 427 F. Supp. 786 | 17 |
| 1976 | Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Bell Helicopter Co. | 426 F. Supp. 785 | 17 |
| 1989 | Flax v. Potts | 725 F. Supp. 322 | 16 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 110 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 Eldon Brooks Mahon?
- President Richard M. Nixon appointed Eldon Brooks Mahon to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in 1972.
- Was Eldon Brooks Mahon appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Eldon Brooks Mahon was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Eldon Brooks Mahon's confirmation vote?
- Eldon Brooks Mahon was confirmed by voice vote on June 28, 1972. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Eldon Brooks Mahon on?
- Eldon Brooks Mahon was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
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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33 years on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).