Jerome Turner
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1987 and confirmed by voice vote, Jerome Turner was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. He earned a law degree from Washington and Lee University School of Law in 1966. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1942–2000
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1987
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Washington and Lee 1964 · Washington and Lee Law 1966
- Succeeded
- Robert Malcolm McRae Jr.
- Succeeded by
- Samuel H. Mays Jr.
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Western District of Tennessee succeeded Robert Malcolm McRae Jr. | 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
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Turner was assigned 2,131 district-court cases (1986–2000). Median time from filing to termination: 142 days across 2,130 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, Turner authored 57 published opinions for the court (1988–1999). Most cited: Alexander v. Beale Street Blues Co., Inc. (29 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Alexander v. Beale Street Blues Co., Inc. | 108 F. Supp. 2d 934 | 29 |
| 1998 | Lawyers Title Insurance v. United American Bank of Memphis | 21 F. Supp. 2d 785 | 27 |
| 1999 | Tenn-Fla Partners v. First Union National Bank of Florida | 229 B.R. 720 | 21 |
| 1995 | Rural West Tennessee African-American Affairs Council, Inc. v. McWherter | 877 F. Supp. 1096 | 20 |
| 1998 | Proctor & Gamble Cellulose Co. v. Viskoza-Loznica | 33 F. Supp. 2d 644 | 16 |
| 1998 | Hedgepeth v. Tennessee | 33 F. Supp. 2d 668 | 15 |
| 1989 | Wilburn v. Dial Corp. | 724 F. Supp. 530 | 14 |
| 1995 | Bonastia v. Berman Bros., Inc. | 914 F. Supp. 1533 | 13 |
| 1993 | Rural West Tennessee African-American Affairs Council, Inc. v. McWherter | 836 F. Supp. 447 | 12 |
| 1988 | United States v. Landers | 690 F. Supp. 615 | 12 |
| 1993 | Mid-South Title Insurance v. Resolution Trust Corp. | 840 F. Supp. 522 | 11 |
| 1992 | Thompson v. Cort Furniture Rental Corp. | 797 F. Supp. 618 | 11 |
| 1998 | Hinkle v. Delavan Industries, Inc. | 24 F. Supp. 2d 819 | 9 |
| 1999 | Weaver v. Tipton County, Tenn. | 41 F. Supp. 2d 779 | 8 |
| 1992 | Via v. General Electric Co. | 799 F. Supp. 837 | 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 Jerome Turner?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed Jerome Turner to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee in 1987.
- Was Jerome Turner appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Jerome Turner was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Jerome Turner's confirmation vote?
- Jerome Turner was confirmed by voice vote on December 8, 1987. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Jerome Turner on?
- Jerome Turner was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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12 years on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).