Horace Weldon Gilmore
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1980 and confirmed by voice vote, Horace Weldon Gilmore was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. He earned a law degree from University of Michigan Law School in 1942. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1918–2010
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter, 1980
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Michigan 1939 · University of Michigan Law School 1942
- Succeeded
- Cornelia Groefsema Kennedy
- Succeeded by
- John Corbett O'Meara
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Eastern District of Michigan succeeded Cornelia Groefsema Kennedy | 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 Michigan | B.A. | 1939 |
| University of Michigan Law School | J.D. | 1942 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Gilmore was assigned 3,052 district-court cases (1975–1998). Median time from filing to termination: 209 days across 3,052 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.
In our data, Gilmore authored 103 published opinions for the court (1980–1998). Most cited: Benoay v. Decker (50 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Benoay v. Decker | 517 F. Supp. 490 | 50 |
| 1984 | American States Insurance v. Maryland Casualty Co. | 587 F. Supp. 1549 | 45 |
| 1985 | Stephens v. G.D. Searle & Co. | 602 F. Supp. 379 | 33 |
| 1980 | Young v. Klutznick | 497 F. Supp. 1318 | 33 |
| 1983 | Ralston v. Capper | 569 F. Supp. 1575 | 26 |
| 1985 | Huron Valley Hospital, Inc. v. City of Pontiac | 612 F. Supp. 654 | 24 |
| 1993 | Wallace v. Detroit Coke Corp. | 818 F. Supp. 192 | 23 |
| 1983 | Virzi v. Grand Trunk Warehouse & Cold Storage Co. | 571 F. Supp. 507 | 23 |
| 1983 | Securities & Exchange Commission v. Blavin | 557 F. Supp. 1304 | 23 |
| 1997 | Noel v. Fleet Finance, Inc. | 971 F. Supp. 1102 | 21 |
| 1987 | Coleman v. Wayne State University | 664 F. Supp. 1082 | 20 |
| 1984 | Gors v. Venoy Palmer Market, Inc. | 578 F. Supp. 365 | 19 |
| 1982 | Kaimowitz v. Howard | 547 F. Supp. 1345 | 18 |
| 1980 | Freeman v. Trudell | 497 F. Supp. 481 | 18 |
| 1984 | NAACP v. Detroit Police Officers Ass'n (DPOA) | 591 F. Supp. 1194 | 17 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 103 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 Horace Weldon Gilmore?
- President Jimmy Carter appointed Horace Weldon Gilmore to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan in 1980.
- Was Horace Weldon Gilmore appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Horace Weldon Gilmore was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Horace Weldon Gilmore's confirmation vote?
- Horace Weldon Gilmore was confirmed by voice vote on June 18, 1980. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Horace Weldon Gilmore on?
- Horace Weldon Gilmore was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (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 Eastern District of Michigan. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).