Who appointed James Howard Jarvis II?

President Ronald Reagan appointed James Howard Jarvis II to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee in 1984.

Was James Howard Jarvis II appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

James Howard Jarvis II was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was James Howard Jarvis II's confirmation vote?

James Howard Jarvis II was confirmed by voice vote on October 11, 1984. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Eastern District of Tennessee / Appointed 1984 / Served to 2007

James Howard Jarvis II

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee

Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1984 and confirmed by voice vote, James Howard Jarvis II was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. He earned a law degree from University of Tennessee College of Law in 1960. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1937–2007
Appointed by: Ronald Reagan, 1984
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Tennessee 1958 · University of Tennessee College of Law 1960
Succeeded by: Thomas W. Phillips

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1984	Eastern District of Tennessee	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

University of Tennessee	B.A.	1958
University of Tennessee College of Law	J.D.	1960

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Jarvis was assigned 4,286 district-court cases (1985–2007). Median time from filing to termination: 289 days across 4,285 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas22%

Personal-injury torts18%

Civil rights17%

Social Security14%

Contract13%

Labor & ERISA4%

Other11%

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 161 of Jarvis’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 147 were affirmed, 11 reversed or vacated, and 3 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, Jarvis authored 74 published opinions for the court (1985–2006). Most cited: Morgan v. Brush Wellman, Inc. (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
2001	Morgan v. Brush Wellman, Inc.	165 F. Supp. 2d 704	36
1991	Sharpe v. Ford Motor Credit Co. (In Re Sharpe)	122 B.R. 708	27
1985	Higgs v. General Motors Corp.	655 F. Supp. 22	21
1989	United States v. Real Property Constituting Approximately Fifty (50) Acres	703 F. Supp. 1306	19
1987	University of Tennessee v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.	670 F. Supp. 1379	19
1997	Seaton v. Seaton	971 F. Supp. 1188	18
1992	Brock Ex Rel. Brock v. Syntex Laboratories, Inc.	791 F. Supp. 721	16
2001	National Parks Conservation Ass'n v. Tennessee Valley Authority	175 F. Supp. 2d 1071	14
1995	Ham v. Hospital of Morristown, Inc.	917 F. Supp. 531	14
1988	United States v. Miller	680 F. Supp. 1189	14
1985	Federal Deposit Ins. Corp. v. Ramsey	612 F. Supp. 326	13
1993	Rosenbaum v. Cummings (In Re Rosenbaum)	150 B.R. 994	12
1987	Smith v. Union Carbide Corp.	664 F. Supp. 290	12
1985	Carlson v. Highter	612 F. Supp. 603	12
1991	Wilson v. Honda Motor Co., Ltd.	776 F. Supp. 339	11

Showing the 15 most-cited of 74 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 James Howard Jarvis II?: President Ronald Reagan appointed James Howard Jarvis II to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee in 1984.
Was James Howard Jarvis II appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: James Howard Jarvis II was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was James Howard Jarvis II's confirmation vote?: James Howard Jarvis II was confirmed by voice vote on October 11, 1984. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was James Howard Jarvis II on?: James Howard Jarvis II was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.

Sources

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22 years on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).