John Ashton MacKenzie
Appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1967 and confirmed by voice vote, John Ashton MacKenzie was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. He earned a law degree from Washington and Lee University School of Law in 1939. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1917–2010
- Appointed by
- Lyndon B. Johnson, 1967
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Washington and Lee Law 1939
- Succeeded by
- James Randolph Spencer
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Eastern District of Virginia | L.B. Johnson (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
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, MacKenzie was assigned 1,259 district-court cases (1977–1997). Median time from filing to termination: 233 days across 1,259 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 21 of MacKenzie’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 20 were affirmed, 1 reversed or vacated. 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, MacKenzie authored 37 published opinions for the court (1967–1997). Most cited: Frazier v. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Frazier v. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation | 574 F. Supp. 318 | 29 |
| 1981 | Mayo v. United Services Automobile Ass'n (In Re Mayo) | 19 B.R. 630 | 21 |
| 1996 | Dixon v. Denny's Inc. | 957 F. Supp. 792 | 19 |
| 1980 | Ward v. Connor | 495 F. Supp. 434 | 19 |
| 1988 | United States v. Moore | 698 F. Supp. 622 | 14 |
| 1988 | United States v. Moore | 703 F. Supp. 455 | 12 |
| 1988 | Tabb Lakes, Ltd. v. United States | 715 F. Supp. 726 | 10 |
| 1996 | Moore v. United States | 943 F. Supp. 603 | 9 |
| 1988 | In Re Walat | 89 B.R. 11 | 8 |
| 1967 | Wyche v. Oldendorff | 284 F. Supp. 575 | 8 |
| 1997 | McCormick v. C.E. Thurston & Sons, Inc. | 977 F. Supp. 400 | 7 |
| 1991 | Lawyers Title Ins. Corp. v. Pitt | 157 B.R. 585 | 7 |
| 1986 | Addison v. O'Leary | 68 B.R. 487 | 7 |
| 1982 | UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA, ETC. v. Dalton | 544 F. Supp. 291 | 7 |
| 1994 | United States Ex Rel. Skip Kirchdorfer, Inc. v. Aegis/Zublin Joint Venture | 869 F. Supp. 387 | 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 Ashton MacKenzie?
- President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed John Ashton MacKenzie to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in 1967.
- Was John Ashton MacKenzie appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- John Ashton MacKenzie was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was John Ashton MacKenzie's confirmation vote?
- John Ashton MacKenzie was confirmed by voice vote on August 18, 1967. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was John Ashton MacKenzie on?
- John Ashton MacKenzie was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
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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30 years on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).