George Kendall Sharp
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1983 and confirmed by voice vote, George Kendall Sharp was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. He earned a law degree from University of Virginia School of Law in 1963. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1934–2022
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1983
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Yale 1957 · University of Virginia Law 1963
- Succeeded
- Isaac Benjamin Krentzman Jr.
- Succeeded by
- John Antoon II
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Middle District of Florida succeeded Isaac Benjamin Krentzman Jr. | 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
| Yale University | B.A. | 1957 |
| University of Virginia School of Law | J.D. | 1963 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Sharp was assigned 7,930 district-court cases (1978–2022). Median time from filing to termination: 168 days across 7,929 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 186 of Sharp’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 157 were affirmed, 26 reversed or vacated, and 3 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, Sharp authored 137 published opinions for the court (1984–2009). Most cited: Haskin v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. (47 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Haskin v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. | 995 F. Supp. 1437 | 47 |
| 1986 | American Television & Communications Corp. v. Floken, Ltd. | 629 F. Supp. 1462 | 30 |
| 2007 | United States v. Madera | 474 F. Supp. 2d 1257 | 28 |
| 1999 | SURF N SUN APTS., INC., RDMH v. Dempsey | 253 B.R. 490 | 22 |
| 1993 | Scholz v. RDV Sports, Inc. | 821 F. Supp. 1469 | 22 |
| 1995 | Proyectos Orchimex De Costa Rica, SA v. DuPont | 896 F. Supp. 1197 | 19 |
| 1998 | Jones v. General Motors Corp. | 24 F. Supp. 2d 1335 | 16 |
| 1995 | Daytona Rescue Mission, Inc. v. City of Daytona Beach | 885 F. Supp. 1554 | 16 |
| 1991 | MacPherson v. Shaheen (In Re MacPherson) | 129 B.R. 259 | 16 |
| 1988 | Fine Foliage of Florida, Inc. v. Bowman Transportation, Inc. | 698 F. Supp. 1566 | 16 |
| 1984 | Bates v. Cook, Inc. | 615 F. Supp. 662 | 16 |
| 2001 | Chambers v. Walt Disney World Co. | 132 F. Supp. 2d 1356 | 15 |
| 1991 | Millsaps v. United States (In Re Millsaps) | 138 B.R. 87 | 15 |
| 1989 | Allstate Insurance v. Bailey | 723 F. Supp. 665 | 15 |
| 1989 | Smith v. Travelers Indemnity Co. | 763 F. Supp. 554 | 15 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 137 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 Kendall Sharp?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed George Kendall Sharp to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida in 1983.
- Was George Kendall Sharp appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- George Kendall Sharp was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was George Kendall Sharp's confirmation vote?
- George Kendall Sharp was confirmed by voice vote on November 15, 1983. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was George Kendall Sharp on?
- George Kendall Sharp was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
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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38 years on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).