James Byron Moran
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1979 and confirmed by voice vote, James Byron Moran was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1957. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1930–2009
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter, 1979
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Michigan 1952 · Harvard Law School 1957
- Succeeded by
- Joan B. Gottschall
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Northern District of Illinois | 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. | 1952 |
| Harvard Law School | LL.B. | 1957 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Moran was assigned 3,437 district-court cases (1972–2008). Median time from filing to termination: 153 days across 3,436 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 25 of Moran’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 24 were affirmed, 1 reversed or vacated. 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, Moran authored 625 published opinions for the court (1979–2009). Most cited: Adair v. Hunt International Resources Corp. (91 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 | Adair v. Hunt International Resources Corp. | 526 F. Supp. 736 | 91 |
| 1997 | Rehm v. Eagle Finance Corp. | 954 F. Supp. 1246 | 85 |
| 2001 | AutoMed Technologies, Inc. v. Eller | 160 F. Supp. 2d 915 | 73 |
| 1986 | D'ACQUISTO v. Washington | 640 F. Supp. 594 | 60 |
| 1986 | In Re AM International, Inc. | 67 B.R. 79 | 59 |
| 1990 | Zechman v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. | 742 F. Supp. 1359 | 56 |
| 1988 | Cromley v. Bd. of Educ. of Lockport | 699 F. Supp. 1283 | 53 |
| 1993 | Vakharia v. Swedish Covenant Hospital | 824 F. Supp. 769 | 51 |
| 1984 | Barr Co. v. Safeco Insurance Co. of America | 583 F. Supp. 248 | 48 |
| 1991 | In Re First Chicago Corp. Securities Litigation | 769 F. Supp. 1444 | 43 |
| 1987 | Richard v. City of Chicago | 80 B.R. 451 | 43 |
| 2000 | Thomas & Betts Corp. v. Panduit Corp. | 108 F. Supp. 2d 968 | 42 |
| 1987 | Pain Prevention Lab, Inc. v. Electronic Waveform Labs, Inc. | 657 F. Supp. 1486 | 41 |
| 1980 | Skelton v. General Motors Corp. | 500 F. Supp. 1181 | 40 |
| 1985 | Evanston Bank v. Conticommodity Services, Inc. | 623 F. Supp. 1014 | 39 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 625 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 Byron Moran?
- President Jimmy Carter appointed James Byron Moran to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in 1979.
- Was James Byron Moran appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- James Byron Moran was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was James Byron Moran's confirmation vote?
- James Byron Moran was confirmed by voice vote on July 23, 1979. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was James Byron Moran on?
- James Byron Moran was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
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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29 years on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).