James Bryan McMillan
Appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968 and confirmed by voice vote, James Bryan McMillan was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1940. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1916–1995
- Appointed by
- Lyndon B. Johnson, 1968
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of North Carolina 1937 · Harvard Law School 1940
- Succeeded
- Wilson Warlick
- Succeeded by
- Graham Calder Mullen
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Western District of North Carolina succeeded Wilson Warlick | L.B. Johnson (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 North Carolina | A.B. | 1937 |
| Harvard Law School | LL.B. | 1940 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, McMillan was assigned 71 district-court cases (1986–1991). Median time from filing to termination: 1,058 days across 71 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, McMillan authored 246 published opinions for the court (1968–1993). Most cited: Brown v. Rice (41 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Brown v. Rice | 693 F. Supp. 381 | 41 |
| 1976 | In Re Penny | 414 F. Supp. 1113 | 40 |
| 1971 | United States v. Central Motor Lines, Inc. | 338 F. Supp. 532 | 37 |
| 1984 | Keeten v. Garrison | 578 F. Supp. 1164 | 36 |
| 1971 | Culp v. Bounds | 325 F. Supp. 416 | 33 |
| 1984 | Hyatt v. Heckler | 579 F. Supp. 985 | 31 |
| 1977 | Burroughs v. Local Acceptance Co. | 432 F. Supp. 752 | 30 |
| 1972 | Givens v. Poe | 346 F. Supp. 202 | 28 |
| 1988 | Llewellyn v. Celanese Corp. | 693 F. Supp. 369 | 27 |
| 1978 | CF Industries, Inc. v. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp. | 448 F. Supp. 475 | 26 |
| 1969 | Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education | 306 F. Supp. 1291 | 22 |
| 1984 | Hyatt v. Heckler | 586 F. Supp. 1154 | 21 |
| 1988 | Thomas S. Ex Rel. Brooks v. Flaherty | 699 F. Supp. 1178 | 20 |
| 1984 | Thomas S. Ex Rel. Brooks v. Morrow | 601 F. Supp. 1055 | 20 |
| 1983 | Carter v. Morrow | 562 F. Supp. 311 | 20 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 246 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 Bryan McMillan?
- President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed James Bryan McMillan to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina in 1968.
- Was James Bryan McMillan appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- James Bryan McMillan was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was James Bryan McMillan's confirmation vote?
- James Bryan McMillan was confirmed by voice vote on June 6, 1968. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was James Bryan McMillan on?
- James Bryan McMillan was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina.
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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26 years on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).