Who appointed Elizabeth Anne Kovachevich?

President Ronald Reagan appointed Elizabeth Anne Kovachevich to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida in 1982.

Was Elizabeth Anne Kovachevich appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Elizabeth Anne Kovachevich was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Elizabeth Anne Kovachevich's confirmation vote?

Elizabeth Anne Kovachevich was confirmed by voice vote on March 4, 1982. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Middle District of Florida / Appointed 1982 / Senior status since 2018

Elizabeth Anne Kovachevich

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1982 and confirmed by voice vote, Elizabeth Anne Kovachevich is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. She earned a law degree from Stetson University College of Law in 1961. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1936 · age 90
Appointed by: Ronald Reagan, 1982
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Miami 1958 · Stetson College of Law 1961
Succeeded: George Cressler Young
Succeeded by: John Leonard Badalamenti

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1982	Middle District of Florida succeeded George Cressler Young	Reagan (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

St. Petersburg Junior College	A.A.	1956
University of Miami	B.B.A.	1958
Stetson University College of Law	J.D.	1961

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Kovachevich was assigned 11,834 district-court cases (1958–2019). Median time from filing to termination: 202 days across 11,833 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas27%

Contract15%

Civil rights14%

Personal-injury torts10%

Labor & ERISA10%

Other federal statutes8%

Other17%

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 387 of Kovachevich’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 330 were affirmed, 34 reversed or vacated, and 23 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, Kovachevich authored 696 published opinions for the court (1983–2011). Most cited: Liberty American Insurance Group, Inc. v. Westpoint Underwriters, L.L.C. (320 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
2001	Liberty American Insurance Group, Inc. v. Westpoint Underwriters, L.L.C.	199 F. Supp. 2d 1271	320
1995	Rickman v. Precisionaire, Inc.	902 F. Supp. 232	222
1993	Taylor Woodrow Construction Corp. v. Sarasota/Manatee Airport Authority	814 F. Supp. 1072	116
2000	Davis v. Apfel	93 F. Supp. 2d 1313	107
1998	Florida College of Osteopathic Medicine, Inc. v. Dean Witter Reynolds Inc.	12 F. Supp. 2d 1306	104
2002	Thompson v. Kindred Nursing Centers East, LLC	211 F. Supp. 2d 1345	100
1995	Reyher v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.	881 F. Supp. 574	81
1991	Ingersoll v. Kriseman (In Re Ingersoll)	124 B.R. 116	57
1993	Gropp v. United Airlines, Inc.	817 F. Supp. 1558	56
1988	Owen v. Owen (In Re Owen)	86 B.R. 691	54
1995	Howry v. Nisus, Inc.	910 F. Supp. 576	47
1995	PaineWebber Income Properties Three Ltd. Partnership Ex Rel. Third Income Properties, Inc. v. Mobil Oil Corp.	902 F. Supp. 1514	47
1991	Prentice v. PRENTICE COLOUR, INC.	779 F. Supp. 578	45
1989	Barnebey v. E.F. Hutton & Co.	715 F. Supp. 1512	44
1987	Ray v. School District of DeSoto County	666 F. Supp. 1524	40

Showing the 15 most-cited of 696 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 Elizabeth Anne Kovachevich?: President Ronald Reagan appointed Elizabeth Anne Kovachevich to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida in 1982.
Was Elizabeth Anne Kovachevich appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Elizabeth Anne Kovachevich was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Elizabeth Anne Kovachevich's confirmation vote?: Elizabeth Anne Kovachevich was confirmed by voice vote on March 4, 1982. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Elizabeth Anne Kovachevich on?: Elizabeth Anne Kovachevich is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

Sources

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