Frank William Bullock Jr.
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1982 and confirmed by voice vote, Frank William Bullock Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. He earned a law degree from University of North Carolina School of Law in 1963. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1938 · age 88
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1982
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of North Carolina 1961 · University of North Carolina Law 1963
- Succeeded
- Eugene Andrew Gordon
- Succeeded by
- Thomas D. Schroeder
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Middle District of North Carolina succeeded Eugene Andrew Gordon | 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
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Bullock was assigned 3,703 district-court cases (1984–2006). Median time from filing to termination: 208 days across 3,702 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 60 of Bullock’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 59 were affirmed, 1 reversed or vacated. 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, Bullock authored 216 published opinions for the court (1983–2006). Most cited: BellSouth Corp. v. White Directory Publishers, Inc. (38 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | BellSouth Corp. v. White Directory Publishers, Inc. | 42 F. Supp. 2d 598 | 38 |
| 1997 | Gwyn v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | 955 F. Supp. 44 | 38 |
| 1997 | Mullis v. Mechanics & Farmers Bank | 994 F. Supp. 680 | 37 |
| 2005 | Lane v. Lucent Technologies, Inc. | 388 F. Supp. 2d 590 | 36 |
| 2004 | Gilley v. Shoffner | 345 F. Supp. 2d 563 | 35 |
| 1983 | Smith v. McDonald | 562 F. Supp. 829 | 34 |
| 2000 | Thomas v. Northern Telecom, Inc. | 157 F. Supp. 2d 627 | 33 |
| 2002 | PRIME TV, LLC. v. Travelers Ins. Co. | 223 F. Supp. 2d 744 | 31 |
| 2000 | Keene v. Rinaldi | 127 F. Supp. 2d 770 | 31 |
| 2001 | Russ v. United States | 129 F. Supp. 2d 905 | 30 |
| 1988 | Hanes Companies, Inc. v. Ronson | 712 F. Supp. 1223 | 26 |
| 1988 | House v. Cannon Mills Co. | 713 F. Supp. 159 | 25 |
| 2005 | Hooper v. North Carolina | 379 F. Supp. 2d 804 | 23 |
| 2001 | Blanton v. IMN Financial Corp. | 260 B.R. 257 | 23 |
| 2003 | United States v. Duke Energy Corporation | 278 F. Supp. 2d 619 | 22 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 216 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 Frank William Bullock Jr.?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed Frank William Bullock Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina in 1982.
- Was Frank William Bullock Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Frank William Bullock Jr. was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Frank William Bullock Jr.'s confirmation vote?
- Frank William Bullock Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on December 10, 1982. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Frank William Bullock Jr. on?
- Frank William Bullock Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: Administrative Office of the United States Courts (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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23 years on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).