James Tyne Moody
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1982 and confirmed by voice vote, James Tyne Moody is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana. He earned a law degree from Indiana University School of Law -- Bloomington (now Maurer School of Law) in 1963. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1938 · age 88
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1982
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Indiana 1960 · Indiana Law -- Bloomington (now Maurer School of Law) 1963
- Succeeded
- Jesse Ernest Eschbach
- Succeeded by
- Theresa Lazar Springmann
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Northern District of Indiana succeeded Jesse Ernest Eschbach | 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
| Indiana University | A.B. | 1960 |
| Indiana University School of Law -- Bloomington (now Maurer School of Law) | LL.B. | 1963 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Moody was assigned 3,858 district-court cases (1979–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 200 days across 3,579 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 125 of Moody’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 107 were affirmed, 15 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, Moody authored 132 published opinions for the court (1982–2011). Most cited: Bradley v. Brown (39 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Bradley v. Brown | 852 F. Supp. 690 | 39 |
| 1983 | Lake County Department of Public Welfare v. Marino (In Re Marino) | 29 B.R. 797 | 39 |
| 1984 | Cohen & Thiros, P.C. v. Keen Enterprises, Inc. | 44 B.R. 570 | 38 |
| 2007 | Filippo v. Lee Publications, Inc. | 485 F. Supp. 2d 969 | 27 |
| 1983 | Perlman v. Permonite Manufacturing Co. | 568 F. Supp. 222 | 24 |
| 1993 | Resolution Trust Corp. v. O'Bear, Overholser, Smith & Huffer | 840 F. Supp. 1270 | 23 |
| 1984 | Davis v. Mansards | 597 F. Supp. 334 | 22 |
| 2009 | KUNTZMAN v. Wal-Mart | 673 F. Supp. 2d 690 | 19 |
| 1987 | Sheldon v. Munford, Inc. | 660 F. Supp. 130 | 19 |
| 1986 | United States v. Nevarez-Diaz | 648 F. Supp. 1226 | 18 |
| 1983 | United States, Small Business Administration v. Freeland (In Re Chaseley's Foods, Inc.) | 30 B.R. 452 | 17 |
| 1987 | Thomas v. First Federal Sav. Bank of Indiana | 653 F. Supp. 1330 | 16 |
| 1984 | Olsen v. Olsen | 580 F. Supp. 1569 | 16 |
| 1987 | Heinhold v. Bishop Motor Express, Inc. | 660 F. Supp. 382 | 14 |
| 1984 | Neal v. Regan | 587 F. Supp. 1558 | 14 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 132 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 Tyne Moody?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed James Tyne Moody to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana in 1982.
- Was James Tyne Moody appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- James Tyne Moody was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was James Tyne Moody's confirmation vote?
- James Tyne Moody was confirmed by voice vote on February 8, 1982. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is James Tyne Moody on?
- James Tyne Moody is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.
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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44 years on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).