Glen H. Davidson
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1985 and confirmed by voice vote, Glen H. Davidson is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi. He earned a law degree from University of Mississippi School of Law in 1965. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1941 · age 85
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1985
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Mississippi 1962 · University of Mississippi Law 1965
- Succeeded by
- Sharion Aycock
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Northern District of Mississippi | 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
| University of Mississippi | B.A. | 1962 |
| University of Mississippi School of Law | J.D. | 1965 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Davidson was assigned 6,490 district-court cases (1980–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 284 days across 6,292 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 146 of Davidson’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 115 were affirmed, 18 reversed or vacated, and 13 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, Davidson authored 181 published opinions for the court (1985–2010). Most cited: In Re Catfish Antitrust Litigation (89 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | In Re Catfish Antitrust Litigation | 826 F. Supp. 1019 | 89 |
| 1993 | Jenkins v. City of Grenada, Miss. | 813 F. Supp. 443 | 42 |
| 2000 | Theunissen v. GSI GROUP | 109 F. Supp. 2d 505 | 35 |
| 1987 | Mississippi State Chapter, Operation Push v. Allain | 674 F. Supp. 1245 | 35 |
| 1998 | Myers v. Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America, Inc. | 5 F. Supp. 2d 423 | 32 |
| 1997 | Wright v. Combined Insurance Co. of America | 959 F. Supp. 356 | 29 |
| 1987 | Laws v. Aetna Finance Co. | 667 F. Supp. 342 | 28 |
| 1997 | Moore v. Carroll County, Miss. | 960 F. Supp. 1084 | 23 |
| 1996 | In Re Catfish Antitrust Litigation | 939 F. Supp. 493 | 22 |
| 1986 | Western Line Consolidated School District v. Continental Casualty Co. | 632 F. Supp. 295 | 19 |
| 1992 | Moore v. Kroger Co. | 800 F. Supp. 429 | 18 |
| 1993 | Hare v. City of Corinth, Miss. | 814 F. Supp. 1312 | 17 |
| 1989 | Mize v. Harvey Shapiro Enterprises, Inc. | 714 F. Supp. 220 | 17 |
| 2004 | Bryant v. Mississippi State University | 329 F. Supp. 2d 818 | 14 |
| 2003 | Lane v. Strang Communications Co. | 297 F. Supp. 2d 897 | 14 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 181 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 Glen H. Davidson?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed Glen H. Davidson to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi in 1985.
- Was Glen H. Davidson appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Glen H. Davidson was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Glen H. Davidson's confirmation vote?
- Glen H. Davidson was confirmed by voice vote on October 16, 1985. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Glen H. Davidson on?
- Glen H. Davidson is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi.
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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40 years on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).