John Thomas Greene Jr.
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1985 and confirmed by voice vote, John Thomas Greene Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah. He earned a law degree from University of Utah College of Law (now S.J. Quinney College of Law) in 1955. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1929–2011
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1985
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Utah 1952 · University of Utah College of Law (now S.J. Quinney College of Law) 1955
- Succeeded by
- Brian Theadore Stewart
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | District of Utah | 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
| University of Utah | B.A. | 1952 |
| University of Utah College of Law (now S.J. Quinney College of Law) | J.D. | 1955 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Greene was assigned 2,529 district-court cases (1983–2009). Median time from filing to termination: 350 days across 2,529 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, Greene authored 173 published opinions for the court (1985–2008). Most cited: In Re Terracor (33 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | In Re Terracor | 86 B.R. 671 | 33 |
| 1990 | United States v. Williams | 746 F. Supp. 1076 | 32 |
| 1985 | Berrett v. Life Ins. Co. of the Southwest | 623 F. Supp. 946 | 32 |
| 1987 | Patten v. Lederle Laboratories | 676 F. Supp. 233 | 27 |
| 1986 | B.R. MacKay & Sons, Inc. v. United States | 633 F. Supp. 1290 | 26 |
| 1986 | Grant v. Union Bank | 629 F. Supp. 570 | 26 |
| 1994 | Cooperative Communications, Inc. v. AT & T CORP. | 867 F. Supp. 1511 | 25 |
| 1999 | United States v. Tapia-Mendoza | 41 F. Supp. 2d 1250 | 24 |
| 1993 | Resolution Trust Corp. v. Hess | 820 F. Supp. 1359 | 23 |
| 1987 | Patten v. Lederle Laboratories | 655 F. Supp. 745 | 20 |
| 1993 | Jane L. v. Bangerter | 828 F. Supp. 1544 | 19 |
| 1992 | Jane L. v. Bangerter | 809 F. Supp. 865 | 16 |
| 1987 | Frontier Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. National Hotel Corp. | 675 F. Supp. 1293 | 16 |
| 1994 | Segal v. California Energy Development Corp. | 167 B.R. 667 | 15 |
| 1996 | Ellis v. United States | 941 F. Supp. 1068 | 14 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 173 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 Thomas Greene Jr.?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed John Thomas Greene Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah in 1985.
- Was John Thomas Greene Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- John Thomas Greene Jr. was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was John Thomas Greene Jr.'s confirmation vote?
- John Thomas Greene Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on April 3, 1985. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was John Thomas Greene Jr. on?
- John Thomas Greene Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah.
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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25 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).