George Hughes Revercomb
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1985 and confirmed by voice vote, George Hughes Revercomb was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. He earned a law degree from University of Virginia School of Law in 1955. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1929–1993
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1985
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Princeton 1950 · University of Virginia Law 1955
- Succeeded
- Thomas Aquinas Flannery
- Succeeded by
- James Robertson
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | District of Columbia succeeded Thomas Aquinas Flannery | 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
| Princeton University | A.B. | 1950 |
| University of Virginia School of Law | J.D. | 1955 |
| University of Virginia School of Law | LL.M. | 1982 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Revercomb was assigned 1,226 district-court cases (1984–1993). Median time from filing to termination: 205 days across 1,226 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.
In our data, Revercomb authored 129 published opinions for the court (1986–1993). Most cited: Cox v. Secretary of Labor (98 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 | Cox v. Secretary of Labor | 739 F. Supp. 28 | 98 |
| 1989 | Williams v. National RR Passenger Corp. | 716 F. Supp. 49 | 45 |
| 1992 | Saleh v. Braxton | 788 F. Supp. 1232 | 43 |
| 1989 | Assassination Archives & Research Center, Inc. v. Central Intelligence Agency | 720 F. Supp. 217 | 43 |
| 1989 | Archuleta v. Sullivan | 725 F. Supp. 602 | 38 |
| 1990 | In Re St. Charles Preservation Investors, Ltd. | 112 B.R. 469 | 25 |
| 1990 | Secord v. Cockburn | 747 F. Supp. 779 | 22 |
| 1990 | Young v. Sullivan | 733 F. Supp. 131 | 21 |
| 1989 | Hinton v. Metropolitan Police Department, Fifth District | 726 F. Supp. 875 | 19 |
| 1987 | Thompson v. Thomas | 680 F. Supp. 1 | 18 |
| 1989 | American Library Ass'n v. Thornburgh | 713 F. Supp. 469 | 17 |
| 1992 | Germany v. Operating Engineers Trust Fund | 789 F. Supp. 1165 | 16 |
| 1989 | Delgado v. Federal Bureau of Prisons | 727 F. Supp. 24 | 16 |
| 1989 | Stiglich v. Tracks, D.C., Inc. | 721 F. Supp. 1386 | 14 |
| 1989 | United States v. Recognition Equipment, Inc. | 711 F. Supp. 1 | 14 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 129 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 Hughes Revercomb?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed George Hughes Revercomb to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in 1985.
- Was George Hughes Revercomb appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- George Hughes Revercomb was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was George Hughes Revercomb's confirmation vote?
- George Hughes Revercomb was confirmed by voice vote on December 16, 1985. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was George Hughes Revercomb on?
- George Hughes Revercomb was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
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
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7 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).