Harold Barefoot Sanders Jr.
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1979 and confirmed by voice vote, Harold Barefoot Sanders Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. He earned a law degree from University of Texas School of Law in 1950. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1925–2008
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter, 1979
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Texas 1949 · University of Texas Law 1950
- Succeeded by
- Barbara M. Lynn
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Northern District of Texas | 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 Texas | B.A. | 1949 |
| University of Texas School of Law | J.D. | 1950 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Sanders was assigned 4,748 district-court cases (1973–2006). Median time from filing to termination: 160 days across 4,747 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 17 of Sanders’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 13 were affirmed, 2 reversed or vacated, and 2 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, Sanders authored 218 published opinions for the court (1979–2006). Most cited: In Re National Gypsum Co. (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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | In Re National Gypsum Co. | 139 B.R. 397 | 89 |
| 1981 | Commercial Mortgage Insurance v. Citizens National Bank | 526 F. Supp. 510 | 44 |
| 1980 | Transport Insurance v. Lee Way Motor Freight, Inc. | 487 F. Supp. 1325 | 38 |
| 1997 | Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Webbworld, Inc. | 991 F. Supp. 543 | 33 |
| 1987 | Kellogg v. Chester | 71 B.R. 36 | 32 |
| 1991 | Nobelman v. American Savings Bank (In Re Nobelman) | 129 B.R. 98 | 27 |
| 1988 | Marshall v. Quinn-L Equities, Inc. | 704 F. Supp. 1384 | 27 |
| 1989 | Sibarium v. NCNB Texas National Bank | 107 B.R. 108 | 24 |
| 1981 | Speer v. United States | 512 F. Supp. 670 | 24 |
| 1983 | Browning v. Navarro | 37 B.R. 201 | 23 |
| 1981 | Tasby v. Wright | 520 F. Supp. 683 | 23 |
| 2003 | Carlson v. Trans Union, LLC | 259 F. Supp. 2d 517 | 22 |
| 1996 | United States v. Wagner | 940 F. Supp. 972 | 22 |
| 1987 | Lelsz v. Kavanagh | 673 F. Supp. 828 | 22 |
| 1984 | Young v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc. | 601 F. Supp. 399 | 21 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 218 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 Barefoot Sanders Jr.?
- President Jimmy Carter appointed Harold Barefoot Sanders Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in 1979.
- Was Harold Barefoot Sanders Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Harold Barefoot Sanders Jr. was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Harold Barefoot Sanders Jr.'s confirmation vote?
- Harold Barefoot Sanders Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on April 24, 1979. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Harold Barefoot Sanders Jr. on?
- Harold Barefoot Sanders Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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29 years on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).