Garnett Thomas Eisele
Appointed by President Richard M. Nixon in 1970 and confirmed by voice vote, Garnett Thomas Eisele was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1950. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1923–2017
- Appointed by
- Richard M. Nixon, 1970
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Washington in St. Louis 1947 · Harvard Law School 1950
- Succeeded
- Gordon Elmo Young
- Succeeded by
- Billy Roy Wilson
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Eastern District of Arkansas succeeded Gordon Elmo Young | 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
| Washington University in St. Louis | A.B. | 1947 |
| Harvard Law School | LL.B. | 1950 |
| Harvard Law School | LL.M. | 1951 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Eisele was assigned 2,679 district-court cases (1981–2011). Median time from filing to termination: 306 days across 2,679 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 44 of Eisele’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 42 were affirmed, 0 reversed or vacated, and 2 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, Eisele authored 206 published opinions for the court (1971–2010). Most cited: Grigsby v. Mabry (121 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Grigsby v. Mabry | 569 F. Supp. 1273 | 121 |
| 1971 | Hamilton v. Love | 328 F. Supp. 1182 | 100 |
| 1971 | Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Corps of Engineers of the United States Army | 325 F. Supp. 749 | 96 |
| 1971 | Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Corps of Engineers of the U. S. ARMY | 325 F. Supp. 728 | 84 |
| 1972 | Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Corps of Engineers of the United States Army | 342 F. Supp. 1211 | 66 |
| 1996 | Warner v. United States | 926 F. Supp. 1387 | 61 |
| 1989 | Fairchild v. Lockhart | 744 F. Supp. 1429 | 43 |
| 1996 | Nursing Home Consultants, Inc. v. Quantum Health Services, Inc. | 926 F. Supp. 835 | 38 |
| 1982 | Lindsey v. Cryts (In Re Cox Cotton Co.) | 24 B.R. 930 | 36 |
| 1980 | Grigsby v. Mabry | 483 F. Supp. 1372 | 36 |
| 1988 | United States v. Brittman | 687 F. Supp. 1329 | 31 |
| 1998 | Campbell v. Price | 2 F. Supp. 2d 1186 | 27 |
| 1978 | FIRST NAT. BANK, ETC. v. Johnson & Johnson | 455 F. Supp. 361 | 27 |
| 1988 | Banks v. City of North Little Rock | 708 F. Supp. 1023 | 26 |
| 1998 | National Bank of Commerce v. Associated Milk Producers, Inc. | 22 F. Supp. 2d 942 | 23 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 206 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 Garnett Thomas Eisele?
- President Richard M. Nixon appointed Garnett Thomas Eisele to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas in 1970.
- Was Garnett Thomas Eisele appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Garnett Thomas Eisele was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Garnett Thomas Eisele's confirmation vote?
- Garnett Thomas Eisele was confirmed by voice vote on August 5, 1970. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Garnett Thomas Eisele on?
- Garnett Thomas Eisele was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
How we source & reconcile data → Data & Sources
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47 years on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).