John G. Davies
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1986 and confirmed by voice vote, John G. Davies was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. He earned a law degree from University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law in 1959. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1929–2020
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1986
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Michigan 1953 · University of California, Los Angeles, Law 1959
- Succeeded
- Cynthia Holcomb Hall
- Succeeded by
- John F. Walter
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Central District of California succeeded Cynthia Holcomb Hall | 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, Davies was assigned 2,284 district-court cases (1976–1998). Median time from filing to termination: 203 days across 2,284 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, Davies authored 19 published opinions for the court (1988–1997). Most cited: Allstate Insurance v. Madan (99 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Allstate Insurance v. Madan | 889 F. Supp. 374 | 99 |
| 1995 | Securities & Exchange Commission v. Sands | 902 F. Supp. 1149 | 64 |
| 1993 | United States v. Koon | 833 F. Supp. 769 | 21 |
| 1997 | Fremont Indemnity Co. v. California National Physician's Insurance | 954 F. Supp. 1399 | 17 |
| 1993 | Federal Trade Commission v. Crittenden | 823 F. Supp. 699 | 11 |
| 1997 | Ward v. Allstate Insurance | 964 F. Supp. 307 | 10 |
| 1996 | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center v. Shalala | 939 F. Supp. 1457 | 9 |
| 1993 | Wang Laboratories, Inc. v. Mitsubishi Electronics America, Inc. | 860 F. Supp. 1448 | 7 |
| 1989 | Achaval-Bianco v. Gustafson | 736 F. Supp. 214 | 7 |
| 1997 | International Society for Krishna Consciousness of California, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles | 966 F. Supp. 956 | 6 |
| 1997 | Hill v. Allstate Insurance | 962 F. Supp. 1244 | 6 |
| 1991 | Bella Lewitzky Dance Foundation v. Frohnmayer | 754 F. Supp. 774 | 5 |
| 1990 | Sandoval v. Saticoy Lemon Ass'n | 747 F. Supp. 1373 | 5 |
| 1992 | Denham v. United States | 811 F. Supp. 497 | 4 |
| 1997 | Gardner v. Wilson | 959 F. Supp. 1224 | 3 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 19 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 G. Davies?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed John G. Davies to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in 1986.
- Was John G. Davies appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- John G. Davies was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was John G. Davies's confirmation vote?
- John G. Davies was confirmed by voice vote on June 6, 1986. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was John G. Davies on?
- John G. Davies was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: Associated Press (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 Central District of California. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).