James Ellsworth Noland
Appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966 and confirmed by voice vote, James Ellsworth Noland was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. He earned a law degree from Indiana University School of Law -- Bloomington (now Maurer School of Law) in 1948. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1920–1992
- Appointed by
- Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Indiana 1942 · Indiana Law -- Bloomington (now Maurer School of Law) 1948
- Succeeded by
- John Daniel Tinder
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Southern District of Indiana | 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
| Indiana University | A.B. | 1942 |
| Harvard Business School | M.B.A. | 1943 |
| Indiana University School of Law -- Bloomington (now Maurer School of Law) | J.D. | 1948 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Noland was assigned 4,690 district-court cases (1970–1992). Median time from filing to termination: 189 days across 4,690 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, Noland authored 57 published opinions for the court (1969–1992). Most cited: Crews v. Cloncs (33 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Crews v. Cloncs | 303 F. Supp. 1370 | 33 |
| 1973 | Redmond v. Atlantic Coast Football League | 359 F. Supp. 666 | 24 |
| 1989 | Autocephalous Greek-Orthodox Church of Cyprus v. Goldberg & Feldman Fine Arts, Inc. | 717 F. Supp. 1374 | 23 |
| 1980 | Nova Records, Inc. v. Sendak | 504 F. Supp. 938 | 18 |
| 1981 | Price v. AMOCO OIL COMPANY | 524 F. Supp. 364 | 17 |
| 1975 | Bijeol v. Benson | 404 F. Supp. 595 | 16 |
| 1975 | United States v. Griffin | 401 F. Supp. 1222 | 14 |
| 1973 | Indiana State Employees Association, Inc. v. Negley | 365 F. Supp. 225 | 14 |
| 1991 | Walro v. Striegel (In Re Striegel) | 131 B.R. 697 | 12 |
| 1972 | Parrish v. Daly | 350 F. Supp. 735 | 12 |
| 1972 | Frockt v. Olin Corporation | 344 F. Supp. 369 | 12 |
| 1983 | Hartman v. Farmers Production Credit Ass'n | 628 F. Supp. 218 | 11 |
| 1973 | Indiana State Employees Association, Inc. v. Negley | 357 F. Supp. 38 | 10 |
| 1972 | Lord v. Richardson | 356 F. Supp. 232 | 9 |
| 1975 | Chulchian v. Franklin | 392 F. Supp. 203 | 8 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 57 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 Ellsworth Noland?
- President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed James Ellsworth Noland to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana in 1966.
- Was James Ellsworth Noland appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- James Ellsworth Noland 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 Ellsworth Noland's confirmation vote?
- James Ellsworth Noland was confirmed by voice vote on October 20, 1966. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was James Ellsworth Noland on?
- James Ellsworth Noland was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: Collection of U.S. House of Representatives (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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25 years on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).