Who appointed James E. Kinkeade?

President George W. Bush appointed James E. Kinkeade to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in 2002.

Was James E. Kinkeade appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

James E. Kinkeade was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was James E. Kinkeade's confirmation vote?

James E. Kinkeade was confirmed by voice vote on November 14, 2002. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Northern District of Texas / Appointed 2002 / Active

James E. Kinkeade

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2002 and confirmed by voice vote, James E. Kinkeade is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. He earned a law degree from Baylor University School of Law in 1974. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1951 · age 75
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2002
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Baylor 1973 · Baylor Law 1974
Succeeded: Elton Joe Kendall

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2002	Northern District of Texas succeeded Elton Joe Kendall	G.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

Baylor University	B.A.	1973
Baylor University School of Law	J.D.	1974
University of Virginia School of Law	LL.M.	1998

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Kinkeade was assigned 15,192 district-court cases (1970–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 1,969 days across 14,627 closed cases.

Personal-injury torts61%

Other civil matters12%

Prisoner & habeas6%

Contract5%

Civil rights4%

Other federal statutes3%

Other10%

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 464 of Kinkeade’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 371 were affirmed, 55 reversed or vacated, and 38 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, Kinkeade authored 20 published opinions for the court (2003–2011). Most cited: Dallas Cowboys Football Club, Ltd. v. America's Team Properties, Inc. (32 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
2009	Dallas Cowboys Football Club, Ltd. v. America's Team Properties, Inc.	616 F. Supp. 2d 622	32
2009	Southgate Master Fund, LLC Ex Rel. Montgomery Capital Advisors, LLC v. United States	651 F. Supp. 2d 596	10
2006	Ericsson, Inc. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance	423 F. Supp. 2d 587	10
2003	Liberty Mutual Insurance v. Mid-Continent Insurance	266 F. Supp. 2d 533	9
2009	Cortez v. Raytheon Co.	663 F. Supp. 2d 514	8
2009	Texas International Property Associates v. Hoerbiger Holding AG	624 F. Supp. 2d 582	8
2005	Hargrave v. TXU Corp.	392 F. Supp. 2d 785	7
2003	In Re Asbestos Claims Management Corp.	294 B.R. 663	5
2009	Croft Ex Rel. v. Perry	604 F. Supp. 2d 932	4
2008	Ewbank v. ChoicePoint Inc.	551 F. Supp. 2d 563	4
2004	Kitty Hawk Air Cargo, Inc. v. Chao	304 F. Supp. 2d 897	4
2008	OOIDA Risk Retention Group, Inc. v. Williams	544 F. Supp. 2d 540	3
2010	ASSOCIATION OF TAXICAB OPERATORS v. City of Dallas	760 F. Supp. 2d 693	2
2006	United States v. Brosseau	446 F. Supp. 2d 659	2
2011	Scott v. Dorel Juvenile Group, Inc.	773 F. Supp. 2d 664	1

Showing the 15 most-cited of 20 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 E. Kinkeade?: President George W. Bush appointed James E. Kinkeade to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in 2002.
Was James E. Kinkeade appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: James E. Kinkeade was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was James E. Kinkeade's confirmation vote?: James E. Kinkeade was confirmed by voice vote on November 14, 2002. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is James E. Kinkeade on?: James E. Kinkeade is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Sources

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23 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).