Frank Howell Seay
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1979 and confirmed by voice vote, Frank Howell Seay is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma. He earned a law degree from University of Oklahoma College of Law in 1963. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1938 · age 88
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter, 1979
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Oklahoma 1961 · University of Oklahoma College of Law 1963
- Succeeded
- Joseph Wilson Morris
- Succeeded by
- Ronald A. White
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Eastern District of Oklahoma succeeded Joseph Wilson Morris | 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 Oklahoma | B.A. | 1961 |
| University of Oklahoma College of Law | LL.B. | 1963 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Seay was assigned 5,782 district-court cases (1985–2016). Median time from filing to termination: 202 days across 5,781 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 90 of Seay’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 78 were affirmed, 7 reversed or vacated, and 5 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, Seay authored 31 published opinions for the court (1983–2011). Most cited: Williamson v. Reynolds (60 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Williamson v. Reynolds | 904 F. Supp. 1529 | 60 |
| 2001 | Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma v. United States | 190 F. Supp. 2d 1248 | 22 |
| 2003 | Pierce v. Kellogg, Brown & Root, Inc. | 245 F. Supp. 2d 1212 | 14 |
| 1997 | Woulfe v. Eli Lilly & Co. | 965 F. Supp. 1478 | 13 |
| 2002 | Local 514, Transport Workers of America v. Keating | 212 F. Supp. 2d 1319 | 11 |
| 1994 | Bradley v. Sequoyah Fuels Corp. | 847 F. Supp. 863 | 9 |
| 1991 | Coleman v. McCurtain Memorial Medical Management, Inc. | 771 F. Supp. 343 | 9 |
| 1997 | Cline v. Fort Howard Corp. | 963 F. Supp. 1075 | 8 |
| 1999 | Graves v. Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. | 77 F. Supp. 2d 1215 | 7 |
| 1995 | United States v. Adair | 913 F. Supp. 1503 | 7 |
| 1999 | Zurich Reinsurance (London) Ltd. v. Westville Riding Club, Inc. | 82 F. Supp. 2d 1254 | 6 |
| 1985 | Cotner v. Campbell | 618 F. Supp. 1091 | 6 |
| 2001 | Leopard v. United States | 141 F. Supp. 2d 1326 | 5 |
| 2011 | Agape Flights, Inc. v. Covington Aircraft Engines, Inc. | 771 F. Supp. 2d 1278 | 4 |
| 1994 | Samuelson v. Honeywell | 863 F. Supp. 1503 | 4 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 31 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 Howell Seay?
- President Jimmy Carter appointed Frank Howell Seay to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma in 1979.
- Was Frank Howell Seay appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Frank Howell Seay was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Frank Howell Seay's confirmation vote?
- Frank Howell Seay was confirmed by voice vote on October 31, 1979. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Frank Howell Seay on?
- Frank Howell Seay is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.
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
How we source & reconcile data → Data & Sources
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46 years on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).