Henry Coke Morgan Jr.
Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1992 and confirmed by voice vote, Henry Coke Morgan Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. He earned a law degree from Washington and Lee University School of Law in 1960. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1935–2022
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush, 1992
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Washington and Lee 1957 · Washington and Lee Law 1960
- Succeeded by
- Walter DeKalb Kelley Jr.
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Eastern District of Virginia | G.H.W. Bush (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
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Morgan was assigned 3,191 district-court cases (1991–2019). Median time from filing to termination: 147 days across 3,187 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 307 of Morgan’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 268 were affirmed, 21 reversed or vacated, and 18 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, Morgan authored 90 published opinions for the court (1992–2011). Most cited: Laremont-Lopez v. Southeastern Tidewater Opportunity Center (36 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Laremont-Lopez v. Southeastern Tidewater Opportunity Center | 968 F. Supp. 1075 | 36 |
| 2011 | McMahan v. ADEPT PROCESS SERVICES, INC. | 786 F. Supp. 2d 1128 | 32 |
| 1999 | United States v. Holland | 34 F. Supp. 2d 346 | 25 |
| 2006 | Penn-America Insurance v. Mapp | 461 F. Supp. 2d 442 | 19 |
| 2010 | Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance v. Block Roofing Corp. | 754 F. Supp. 2d 819 | 16 |
| 2006 | Moore v. Kempthorne | 464 F. Supp. 2d 519 | 16 |
| 2006 | Agri-Supply Company, Inc. v. Agrisupply. Com | 457 F. Supp. 2d 660 | 15 |
| 2004 | Schwenk v. Cobra Manufacturing Co. | 322 F. Supp. 2d 676 | 14 |
| 1999 | Brown v. Ford Motor Co. | 67 F. Supp. 2d 581 | 14 |
| 1992 | In Re Great Lakes Hotel Associates | 154 B.R. 667 | 14 |
| 1999 | United States v. Holland | 48 F. Supp. 2d 571 | 12 |
| 1999 | Boone v. City of Suffolk, VA. | 79 F. Supp. 2d 603 | 11 |
| 1997 | Bolt v. Norfolk Southern Corp. | 22 F. Supp. 2d 512 | 11 |
| 2003 | Hadeed v. Abraham | 265 F. Supp. 2d 614 | 9 |
| 1992 | Hutto v. Bic Corp. | 800 F. Supp. 1367 | 9 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 90 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 Henry Coke Morgan Jr.?
- President George H.W. Bush appointed Henry Coke Morgan Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in 1992.
- Was Henry Coke Morgan Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Henry Coke Morgan Jr. was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Henry Coke Morgan Jr.'s confirmation vote?
- Henry Coke Morgan Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on April 8, 1992. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Henry Coke Morgan Jr. on?
- Henry Coke Morgan Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern 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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30 years on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).