Who appointed Franklin Taylor Dupree Jr.?

President Richard M. Nixon appointed Franklin Taylor Dupree Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina in 1970.

Was Franklin Taylor Dupree Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Franklin Taylor Dupree Jr. was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Franklin Taylor Dupree Jr.'s confirmation vote?

Franklin Taylor Dupree Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on December 11, 1970. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Eastern District of North Carolina / Appointed 1970 / Served to 1995

Franklin Taylor Dupree Jr.

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

Appointed by President Richard M. Nixon in 1970 and confirmed by voice vote, Franklin Taylor Dupree Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. He earned a law degree from University of North Carolina School of Law in 1936. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1913–1995
Appointed by: Richard M. Nixon, 1970
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of North Carolina 1933 · University of North Carolina Law 1936
Succeeded by: Terrence William Boyle

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1970	Eastern District of North Carolina	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

University of North Carolina	A.B.	1933
University of North Carolina School of Law	LL.B.	1936

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Dupree was assigned 851 district-court cases (1986–1995). Median time from filing to termination: 260 days across 851 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas30%

Contract21%

Personal-injury torts14%

Civil rights11%

Social Security4%

Forfeiture & penalty4%

Other16%

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, Dupree authored 114 published opinions for the court (1971–1995). Most cited: Barfield v. Harris (45 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
1982	Barfield v. Harris	540 F. Supp. 451	45
1978	Taylor v. Bakery & Confectionary Union & Industry International Welfare Fund	455 F. Supp. 816	45
1974	Hallmark Clinic v. North Carolina Department of Human Resources	380 F. Supp. 1153	44
1980	Batton v. State Government of North Carolina	501 F. Supp. 1173	38
1991	Jones v. Wake County Hospital System, Inc.	786 F. Supp. 538	31
1994	Horton v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.	855 F. Supp. 825	29
1981	Clinchfield Railroad v. Lynch	527 F. Supp. 784	25
1986	Waterman v. Alta Verde Industries, Inc.	643 F. Supp. 797	22
1990	Home Owners Funding Corp. of America v. Belanger	128 B.R. 142	21
1976	Pittman v. Anaconda Wire & Cable Co.	408 F. Supp. 286	21
1987	JACKSONVILLE PROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIATION LOCAL 2961, IAFF v. City of Jacksonville	685 F. Supp. 513	20
1979	Eure v. NVF Co.	481 F. Supp. 639	20
1978	Cleveland Memorial Hospital, Inc. v. Califano	444 F. Supp. 125	18
1985	Smith v. Bounds	610 F. Supp. 597	17
1979	United Roasters, Inc. v. Colgate-Palmolive Co.	485 F. Supp. 1041	17

Showing the 15 most-cited of 114 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 Franklin Taylor Dupree Jr.?: President Richard M. Nixon appointed Franklin Taylor Dupree Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina in 1970.
Was Franklin Taylor Dupree Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Franklin Taylor Dupree Jr. was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Franklin Taylor Dupree Jr.'s confirmation vote?: Franklin Taylor Dupree Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on December 11, 1970. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Franklin Taylor Dupree Jr. on?: Franklin Taylor Dupree Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina.

Sources

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