Glen Morgan Williams
Appointed by President Gerald Ford in 1976 and confirmed by voice vote, Glen Morgan Williams was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia. He earned a law degree from University of Virginia School of Law in 1948. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1920–2012
- Appointed by
- Gerald Ford, 1976
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Milligan College 1940 · University of Virginia Law 1948
- Succeeded
- Ted Dalton
- Succeeded by
- Samuel Grayson Wilson
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Western District of Virginia succeeded Ted Dalton | Ford (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
| Milligan College | A.B. | 1940 |
| University of Virginia School of Law | J.D. | 1948 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Williams was assigned 2,225 district-court cases (1977–2009). Median time from filing to termination: 386 days across 2,225 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 36 of Williams’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 33 were affirmed, 2 reversed or vacated, and 1 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, Williams authored 276 published opinions for the court (1977–2009). Most cited: NCNB Financial Services, Inc. v. Shumate (58 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 | NCNB Financial Services, Inc. v. Shumate | 829 F. Supp. 178 | 58 |
| 1991 | United States v. Belcher | 762 F. Supp. 666 | 40 |
| 1980 | Phillips v. Harris | 488 F. Supp. 1161 | 39 |
| 1977 | Coates v. National Cash Register Co. | 433 F. Supp. 655 | 34 |
| 1997 | McAmis v. Wallace | 980 F. Supp. 181 | 33 |
| 1992 | Rogers v. Pittston Co. | 800 F. Supp. 350 | 32 |
| 1992 | Doe v. Connors | 796 F. Supp. 214 | 29 |
| 1985 | Thompson v. American Motor Inns, Inc. | 623 F. Supp. 409 | 29 |
| 1984 | Ford v. Poston (In Re Ford) | 53 B.R. 444 | 29 |
| 1984 | Whited v. Fields | 581 F. Supp. 1444 | 29 |
| 1987 | Radosevic v. Virginia Intermont College | 651 F. Supp. 1037 | 26 |
| 1985 | Warren v. Bank of Marion | 618 F. Supp. 317 | 25 |
| 1979 | Rutherford v. Blankenship | 468 F. Supp. 1357 | 25 |
| 1979 | Viers v. Mounts | 466 F. Supp. 187 | 23 |
| 1986 | Grundy National Bank v. Stiltner | 58 B.R. 593 | 22 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 276 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 Morgan Williams?
- President Gerald Ford appointed Glen Morgan Williams to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia in 1976.
- Was Glen Morgan Williams appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Glen Morgan Williams was appointed by President Gerald Ford, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Glen Morgan Williams's confirmation vote?
- Glen Morgan Williams was confirmed by voice vote on September 17, 1976. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Glen Morgan Williams on?
- Glen Morgan Williams was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia.
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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36 years on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).