Who appointed Emmett Ripley Cox?

President Ronald Reagan appointed Emmett Ripley Cox to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in 1988.

Was Emmett Ripley Cox appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Emmett Ripley Cox was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Emmett Ripley Cox's confirmation vote?

Emmett Ripley Cox was confirmed by voice vote on April 15, 1988. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Eleventh Circuit / Appointed 1988 / Served to 2021

Emmett Ripley Cox

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 and confirmed by voice vote, Emmett Ripley Cox was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He earned a law degree from University of Alabama School of Law in 1959. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1935–2021
Appointed by: Ronald Reagan, 1988
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Alabama 1957 · University of Alabama Law 1959
Succeeded: John Cooper Godbold
Succeeded by: William Holcombe Pryor Jr.

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1981	Southern District of Alabama succeeded Thomas Virgil Pittman	Reagan (R)	Voice vote
1988	Eleventh Circuit succeeded John Cooper Godbold	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

University of Alabama	A.B.	1957
University of Alabama School of Law	LL.B.	1959

Judicial Record

In our data, Cox authored 3 published opinions for the court (1983–1988). Most cited: MacMillan-Bloedel, Inc. v. Firemen's Insurance Co. of Newark (16 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1983	MacMillan-Bloedel, Inc. v. Firemen's Insurance Co. of Newark	558 F. Supp. 596	16
1987	Sony Magnetic Products, Inc. of America v. Merivienti O/Y	668 F. Supp. 1505	10
1988	Rivers v. Yankee Bank for Finance & Savings, FSB	690 F. Supp. 989	2

Showing the 3 most-cited of 3 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 Emmett Ripley Cox?: President Ronald Reagan appointed Emmett Ripley Cox to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in 1988.
Was Emmett Ripley Cox appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Emmett Ripley Cox was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Emmett Ripley Cox's confirmation vote?: Emmett Ripley Cox was confirmed by voice vote on April 15, 1988. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Emmett Ripley Cox on?: Emmett Ripley Cox was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

Sources

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32 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).