Who appointed George E. Woods?

President Ronald Reagan appointed George E. Woods to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan in 1983.

Was George E. Woods appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

George E. Woods was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was George E. Woods's confirmation vote?

George E. Woods was confirmed by voice vote on November 15, 1983. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Eastern District of Michigan / Appointed 1983 / Served to 2004

George E. Woods

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1983 and confirmed by voice vote, George E. Woods was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. He earned a law degree from Detroit College of Law (now Michigan State University College of Law) in 1949. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1923–2007
Appointed by: Ronald Reagan, 1983
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Detroit College of Law (now Michigan State College of Law) 1949
Succeeded: Patricia Jean Ehrhardt Pernick Boyle
Succeeded by: Denise Page Hood

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1983	Eastern District of Michigan succeeded Patricia Jean Ehrhardt Pernick Boyle	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

Detroit College of Law (now Michigan State University College of Law)

J.D.

1949

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Woods was assigned 4,094 district-court cases (1981–2004). Median time from filing to termination: 224 days across 4,094 closed cases.

Contract33%

Civil rights13%

Labor & ERISA12%

Personal-injury torts11%

Prisoner & habeas9%

Social Security6%

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.

In our data, Woods authored 35 published opinions for the court (1985–2002). Most cited: Audi AG & Volkswagen of America, Inc. v. Izumi (46 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
2002	Audi AG & Volkswagen of America, Inc. v. Izumi	204 F. Supp. 2d 1014	46
1994	Mayberry v. Von Valtier	843 F. Supp. 1160	36
2000	Sports Authority Michigan, Inc. v. Justballs, Inc.	97 F. Supp. 2d 806	29
1989	United States v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan	726 F. Supp. 1517	23
1986	DeLorean v. Allard (In Re DeLorean Motor Co. Litigation)	59 B.R. 329	23
1995	Hi-Mill Manufacturing Co. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.	884 F. Supp. 1109	12
1987	Intra Corp. v. Hamar Laser Instruments, Inc.	662 F. Supp. 1420	12
1994	United States v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan	859 F. Supp. 283	9
1991	United States v. Butler	788 F. Supp. 944	9
1989	United States v. Akzo Coatings of America, Inc.	719 F. Supp. 571	9
1988	Calladine v. Dana Corp.	679 F. Supp. 700	8
1987	Pickard v. Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance	663 F. Supp. 126	8
1990	Durant Enterprises, Inc. v. Creditors' Committee of Hamady Bros. Food Markets, Inc. (In Re Hamady Bros. Food Markets)	110 B.R. 815	7
1990	Broom v. TRW Credit Data	732 F. Supp. 66	7
1990	Woolery v. Brady	741 F. Supp. 667	6

Showing the 15 most-cited of 35 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 E. Woods?: President Ronald Reagan appointed George E. Woods to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan in 1983.
Was George E. Woods appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: George E. Woods was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was George E. Woods's confirmation vote?: George E. Woods was confirmed by voice vote on November 15, 1983. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was George E. Woods on?: George E. Woods was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Sources

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