George Washington White
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1980 and confirmed by voice vote, George Washington White was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. He earned a law degree from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in 1955. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1931–2011
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter, 1980
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Cleveland-Marshall College of Law 1955
- Succeeded by
- John R. Adams
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Northern District of Ohio | 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
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, White was assigned 1,874 district-court cases (1982–1998). Median time from filing to termination: 330 days across 1,874 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, White authored 18 published opinions for the court (1981–1998). Most cited: Matter of Overly-Hautz Co. (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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Matter of Overly-Hautz Co. | 81 B.R. 434 | 22 |
| 1983 | Cox Cable Cleveland Area, Inc. v. King | 582 F. Supp. 376 | 21 |
| 1984 | Warner Bros., Inc. v. Lobster Pot, Inc. | 582 F. Supp. 478 | 19 |
| 1998 | Spivey v. State of Ohio | 999 F. Supp. 987 | 13 |
| 1985 | Henning v. Village of Mayfield Village | 610 F. Supp. 17 | 13 |
| 1981 | Dadas v. Prescott, Ball & Turben | 529 F. Supp. 203 | 12 |
| 1982 | Fisher Foods, Inc. v. Ohio Department of Liquor Control | 555 F. Supp. 641 | 7 |
| 1998 | Reed v. Rhodes | 1 F. Supp. 2d 705 | 5 |
| 1985 | Little v. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | 601 F. Supp. 1372 | 5 |
| 1996 | Rock & Roll Hall of Fame & Museum, Inc. v. Gentile Productions | 934 F. Supp. 868 | 4 |
| 1987 | In Re Harvey | 69 B.R. 411 | 4 |
| 1995 | City of Cleveland v. Nation of Islam | 922 F. Supp. 56 | 3 |
| 1985 | Ameritech, Inc. v. American Information Technologies Corp. | 609 F. Supp. 611 | 3 |
| 1983 | Griffith v. Commissioner | 598 F. Supp. 405 | 3 |
| 1981 | In Re the Inspection of Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. | 548 F. Supp. 224 | 3 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 18 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 Washington White?
- President Jimmy Carter appointed George Washington White to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio in 1980.
- Was George Washington White appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- George Washington White was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was George Washington White's confirmation vote?
- George Washington White was confirmed by voice vote on May 21, 1980. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was George Washington White on?
- George Washington White was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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31 years on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).