Who appointed George P. Kazen?

President Jimmy Carter appointed George P. Kazen to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas in 1979.

Was George P. Kazen appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

George P. Kazen was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was George P. Kazen's confirmation vote?

George P. Kazen was confirmed by voice vote on May 10, 1979. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Southern District of Texas / Appointed 1979 / Served to 2018

George P. Kazen

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1979 and confirmed by voice vote, George P. Kazen was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. He earned a law degree from University of Texas School of Law in 1961. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1940–2021
Appointed by: Jimmy Carter, 1979
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Texas 1960 · University of Texas Law 1961
Succeeded by: Diana Saldaña

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1979	Southern District of Texas	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 Texas	B.B.A.	1960
University of Texas School of Law	J.D.	1961

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Kazen was assigned 2,157 district-court cases (1980–2018). Median time from filing to termination: 177 days across 2,152 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas29%

Personal-injury torts16%

Contract16%

Civil rights13%

Criminal5%

Other federal statutes5%

Other15%

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 Kazen’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 75 were affirmed, 10 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, Kazen authored 96 published opinions for the court (1979–2006). Most cited: Penrod Drilling Corp. v. Granite State Insurance (22 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
1990	Penrod Drilling Corp. v. Granite State Insurance	764 F. Supp. 1146	22
2002	Hinojosa v. Perez	214 F. Supp. 2d 703	19
1992	Auto Transportes Gacela S.A. De C v. v. Border Freight Distributing & Warehouse, Inc.	792 F. Supp. 1471	14
1991	Aviles v. Kunkle	765 F. Supp. 358	14
1991	Finkelstein v. TransAmerican Natural Gas Corp. (TransAmerican Natural Gas Corp.)	127 B.R. 800	14
1995	Mafrige v. United States	893 F. Supp. 691	12
1982	Luna v. Van Zandt	554 F. Supp. 68	12
1996	Esquivel v. Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems, Inc.	920 F. Supp. 713	10
1985	South Texas National Bank v. United States Fire Insurance	640 F. Supp. 278	10
1980	Aguero v. Christopher	481 F. Supp. 1272	10
1979	Corpus Christi Peoples' Baptist Church, Inc. v. Texas Department of Human Resources	481 F. Supp. 1101	10
1995	Garza v. United States	881 F. Supp. 1103	9
1987	United States v. Fernandez-Caro	677 F. Supp. 893	9
1996	City of Laredo v. Texas Mexican Railway Co.	935 F. Supp. 895	8
1996	Summit MacHine Tool Manufacturing Corp. v. Warren Transport, Inc.	920 F. Supp. 722	8

Showing the 15 most-cited of 96 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 George P. Kazen?: President Jimmy Carter appointed George P. Kazen to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas in 1979.
Was George P. Kazen appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: George P. Kazen was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was George P. Kazen's confirmation vote?: George P. Kazen was confirmed by voice vote on May 10, 1979. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was George P. Kazen on?: George P. Kazen was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Sources

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