Jerry Buchmeyer
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1979 and confirmed by voice vote, Jerry Buchmeyer was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. He earned a law degree from University of Texas School of Law in 1957. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1933–2009
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter, 1979
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Kilgore Junior College 1953 · University of Texas Law 1957
- Succeeded
- William McLaughlin Taylor Jr.
- Succeeded by
- Jane J. Boyle
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Northern District of Texas succeeded William McLaughlin Taylor Jr. | 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
| Kilgore Junior College | B.S. | 1953 |
| University of Texas | B.A. | 1955 |
| University of Texas School of Law | LL.B. | 1957 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Buchmeyer was assigned 6,724 district-court cases (1976–2007). Median time from filing to termination: 154 days across 6,718 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 141 of Buchmeyer’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 129 were affirmed, 7 reversed or vacated, and 5 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, Buchmeyer authored 82 published opinions for the court (1981–2007). Most cited: Gluck v. CellStar Corp. (67 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Gluck v. CellStar Corp. | 976 F. Supp. 542 | 67 |
| 1998 | At & T Communications of the Southwest, Inc. v. City of Dallas | 8 F. Supp. 2d 582 | 45 |
| 1986 | Dumas v. City of Dallas | 648 F. Supp. 1061 | 37 |
| 1986 | M & E Contractors, Inc. v. Kugler-Morris General Contractors, Inc. | 67 B.R. 260 | 32 |
| 1982 | Baker v. Wade | 553 F. Supp. 1121 | 28 |
| 1985 | Patterson v. Gesellschaft | 608 F. Supp. 1206 | 26 |
| 1998 | Miller v. Stonehenge/FASA-Texas, JDC, L.P. | 993 F. Supp. 461 | 25 |
| 1985 | Faloona v. Hustler Magazine, Inc. | 607 F. Supp. 1341 | 23 |
| 1986 | United States v. Central Adjustment Bureau, Inc. | 667 F. Supp. 370 | 20 |
| 2006 | Marketic v. U.S. Bank National Assoc. | 436 F. Supp. 2d 842 | 18 |
| 1990 | Williams v. City of Dallas | 734 F. Supp. 1317 | 18 |
| 2000 | Dews v. Town of Sunnyvale, Tex. | 109 F. Supp. 2d 526 | 17 |
| 2002 | Fina, Inc. v. Travelers Indemnity Co. | 184 F. Supp. 2d 547 | 14 |
| 1986 | Waggoner v. Gibson | 647 F. Supp. 1102 | 14 |
| 1994 | McIntyre v. Kroger Co. | 863 F. Supp. 355 | 13 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 82 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 Jerry Buchmeyer?
- President Jimmy Carter appointed Jerry Buchmeyer to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in 1979.
- Was Jerry Buchmeyer appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Jerry Buchmeyer was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Jerry Buchmeyer's confirmation vote?
- Jerry Buchmeyer was confirmed by voice vote on October 4, 1979. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Jerry Buchmeyer on?
- Jerry Buchmeyer was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: U.S. Government (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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29 years on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).