John Edwards Conway
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1986 and confirmed by voice vote, John Edwards Conway was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. He earned a law degree from Washburn University School of Law in 1963. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1934–2014
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1986
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- U.S. Naval Academy 1956 · Washburn Law 1963
- Succeeded
- Bobby Ray Baldock
- Succeeded by
- William Paul Johnson
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | District of New Mexico succeeded Bobby Ray Baldock | 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
| U.S. Naval Academy | B.S. | 1956 |
| Washburn University School of Law | LL.B. | 1963 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Conway was assigned 2,693 district-court cases (1981–2012). Median time from filing to termination: 250 days across 2,693 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 26 of Conway’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 21 were affirmed, 4 reversed or vacated, and 1 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, Conway authored 37 published opinions for the court (1986–2010). Most cited: Shorty v. Capital One Bank (21 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Shorty v. Capital One Bank | 90 F. Supp. 2d 1330 | 21 |
| 1997 | Continental Casualty Co. v. Westerfield | 961 F. Supp. 1502 | 18 |
| 1993 | Russey v. Rankin | 837 F. Supp. 1103 | 15 |
| 1987 | Beh v. Ostergard | 657 F. Supp. 173 | 13 |
| 1986 | Pueblo De Cochiti v. United States | 647 F. Supp. 538 | 13 |
| 1993 | Resolution Trust Corp. v. Ocotillo West Joint Venture | 840 F. Supp. 1463 | 12 |
| 1992 | United States v. United Nuclear Corp. | 814 F. Supp. 1552 | 10 |
| 1992 | Sollars v. City of Albuquerque | 794 F. Supp. 360 | 9 |
| 1992 | American Federation of State, County, & Municipal Employees v. Corrections Department of New Mexico | 783 F. Supp. 1320 | 9 |
| 2009 | Otero v. New Mexico Corrections Department | 640 F. Supp. 2d 1346 | 8 |
| 2000 | United States v. Wen Ho Lee | 90 F. Supp. 2d 1324 | 8 |
| 2000 | Kaspar v. City of Hobbs | 90 F. Supp. 2d 1313 | 8 |
| 1987 | Snead v. City of Albuquerque | 663 F. Supp. 1084 | 7 |
| 1999 | United States v. Velarde | 40 F. Supp. 2d 1314 | 6 |
| 1991 | Sanchez v. Sanchez | 777 F. Supp. 906 | 6 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 37 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 John Edwards Conway?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed John Edwards Conway to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico in 1986.
- Was John Edwards Conway appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- John Edwards Conway was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was John Edwards Conway's confirmation vote?
- John Edwards Conway was confirmed by voice vote on June 13, 1986. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was John Edwards Conway on?
- John Edwards Conway was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico.
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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27 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).