John H. McBryde
Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1990 and confirmed by voice vote, John H. McBryde 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 1956. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1931–2022
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush, 1990
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Texas Christian 1953 · University of Texas Law 1956
- Succeeded
- Eldon Brooks Mahon
- Succeeded by
- Mark Timothy Pittman
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Northern District of Texas succeeded Eldon Brooks Mahon | G.H.W. Bush (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
| Texas Christian University | B.S. | 1953 |
| University of Texas School of Law | LL.B. | 1956 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, McBryde was assigned 10,494 district-court cases (1984–2022). Median time from filing to termination: 100 days across 10,482 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 539 of McBryde’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 433 were affirmed, 60 reversed or vacated, and 46 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, McBryde authored 177 published opinions for the court (1990–2011). Most cited: Mirant Corp. v. the Southern Co. (39 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Mirant Corp. v. the Southern Co. | 337 B.R. 107 | 39 |
| 1992 | Samuel v. Langham | 780 F. Supp. 424 | 35 |
| 1993 | Stathatos v. United States Trustee (In Re Stathatos) | 163 B.R. 83 | 33 |
| 1992 | Heartland Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Briscoe Enterprises Ltd., II (In Re Briscoe Enterprises Ltd., II) | 138 B.R. 795 | 30 |
| 1991 | McLaren v. Imperial Casualty & Indemnity Co. | 767 F. Supp. 1364 | 30 |
| 2003 | Jim Johnson Homes, Inc. v. Mid-Continent Casualty Co. | 244 F. Supp. 2d 706 | 23 |
| 1993 | Thompson v. City of Arlington, Tex. | 838 F. Supp. 1137 | 23 |
| 2000 | Carrabba v. Randalls Food Markets, Inc. | 145 F. Supp. 2d 763 | 18 |
| 1997 | Porter v. Charter Medical Corp. | 957 F. Supp. 1427 | 18 |
| 1991 | Laster v. American National Fire Insurance | 775 F. Supp. 985 | 18 |
| 1999 | Carrabba v. Randalls Food Markets, Inc. | 38 F. Supp. 2d 468 | 17 |
| 1998 | Hartford Casualty Insurance v. Powell | 19 F. Supp. 2d 678 | 17 |
| 1995 | Brito v. Intex Aviation Services, Inc. | 879 F. Supp. 650 | 17 |
| 1991 | Nunez v. Wyatt Cafeterias, Inc. | 771 F. Supp. 165 | 16 |
| 1991 | Blackmore v. Rock-Tenn Co., Mill Div., Inc. | 756 F. Supp. 288 | 15 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 177 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 H. McBryde?
- President George H.W. Bush appointed John H. McBryde to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in 1990.
- Was John H. McBryde appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- John H. McBryde was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was John H. McBryde's confirmation vote?
- John H. McBryde was confirmed by voice vote on August 3, 1990. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was John H. McBryde on?
- John H. McBryde 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
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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32 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).