Harold Loyd Murphy
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1977 and confirmed by voice vote, Harold Loyd Murphy was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. He earned a law degree from University of Georgia School of Law in 1949. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1927–2022
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter, 1977
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Georgia Law 1949
- Succeeded
- James Clinkscales Hill
- Succeeded by
- William McCrary Ray II
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Northern District of Georgia succeeded James Clinkscales Hill | 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
| University of Georgia School of Law | LL.B. | 1949 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Murphy was assigned 8,451 district-court cases (1980–2022). Median time from filing to termination: 225 days across 8,450 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 518 of Murphy’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 440 were affirmed, 45 reversed or vacated, and 33 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, Murphy authored 162 published opinions for the court (1977–2011). Most cited: Brogdon Ex Rel. Cline v. National Healthcare Corp. (96 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Brogdon Ex Rel. Cline v. National Healthcare Corp. | 103 F. Supp. 2d 1322 | 96 |
| 1993 | Earwood v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. | 845 F. Supp. 880 | 60 |
| 1980 | Gordon v. Willis | 516 F. Supp. 911 | 50 |
| 1979 | United States v. Thevis | 474 F. Supp. 134 | 38 |
| 1982 | State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Bates | 542 F. Supp. 807 | 37 |
| 1980 | Fields v. Harris | 498 F. Supp. 478 | 33 |
| 1989 | Buttrum v. Black | 721 F. Supp. 1268 | 30 |
| 1984 | Chemical Bank v. Grisby's World of Carpet, Inc. (In Re WWG Industries, Inc.) | 44 B.R. 287 | 29 |
| 1992 | Robles v. Humana Hospital Cartersville | 785 F. Supp. 989 | 28 |
| 1977 | Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Upjohn Corp. | 445 F. Supp. 635 | 27 |
| 1997 | In Re Polypropylene Carpet Antitrust Litigation | 996 F. Supp. 18 | 26 |
| 1981 | Stewart v. Midani | 525 F. Supp. 843 | 26 |
| 1998 | Moore v. Smith | 18 F. Supp. 2d 1360 | 25 |
| 1988 | International Ass'n of Firefighters, Local 349 v. City of Rome | 682 F. Supp. 522 | 25 |
| 1993 | Taylor v. Espy | 816 F. Supp. 1553 | 21 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 162 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 Harold Loyd Murphy?
- President Jimmy Carter appointed Harold Loyd Murphy to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia in 1977.
- Was Harold Loyd Murphy appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Harold Loyd Murphy was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Harold Loyd Murphy's confirmation vote?
- Harold Loyd Murphy was confirmed by voice vote on July 28, 1977. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Harold Loyd Murphy on?
- Harold Loyd Murphy was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
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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45 years on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).