Henry Travillion Wingate
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1985 and confirmed by voice vote, Henry Travillion Wingate is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. He earned a law degree from Yale Law School in 1972. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1947 · age 79
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1985
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Grinnell College 1969 · Yale Law School 1972
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Southern 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
| Grinnell College | B.A. | 1969 |
| Yale Law School | J.D. | 1972 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Wingate was assigned 8,613 district-court cases (1965–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 301 days across 8,136 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 206 of Wingate’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 148 were affirmed, 27 reversed or vacated, and 31 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, Wingate authored 217 published opinions for the court (1986–2011). Most cited: Searcy v. Knostman (47 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 | Searcy v. Knostman | 155 B.R. 699 | 47 |
| 1992 | McFarland v. Utica Fire Insurance Co. of Oneida County, New York | 814 F. Supp. 518 | 33 |
| 2006 | Hood Ex Rel. Mississippi v. Microsoft Corp. | 428 F. Supp. 2d 537 | 20 |
| 1986 | Gray v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty | 646 F. Supp. 27 | 20 |
| 2001 | Thomas v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. | 259 B.R. 571 | 19 |
| 1995 | Sunburst Bank v. Summit Acceptance Corp. | 878 F. Supp. 77 | 18 |
| 2001 | Lee v. Miller | 263 B.R. 757 | 17 |
| 1994 | Aldridge v. Tougaloo College | 847 F. Supp. 480 | 17 |
| 1992 | Williams v. Southern Pacific Transportation Co. | 813 F. Supp. 1227 | 17 |
| 1995 | Horton Ex Rel. Horton v. Scripto-Tokai Corp. | 878 F. Supp. 902 | 16 |
| 1995 | McLaughlin v. City of Canton, Miss. | 947 F. Supp. 954 | 15 |
| 2000 | L.T. Ex Rel. Hollins v. City of Jackson | 145 F. Supp. 2d 750 | 14 |
| 1996 | Fidelity & Guaranty Insurance v. Craig-Wilkinson, Inc. | 948 F. Supp. 608 | 14 |
| 1994 | Smith v. St. Regis Corp. | 850 F. Supp. 1296 | 13 |
| 2006 | Washington v. Jackson State University | 532 F. Supp. 2d 804 | 12 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 217 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 Travillion Wingate?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed Henry Travillion Wingate to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi in 1985.
- Was Henry Travillion Wingate appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Henry Travillion Wingate was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Henry Travillion Wingate's confirmation vote?
- Henry Travillion Wingate was confirmed by voice vote on October 16, 1985. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Henry Travillion Wingate on?
- Henry Travillion Wingate is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern 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
How we source & reconcile data → Data & Sources
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40 years on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).