Who appointed John Henry Moore II?

President Ronald Reagan appointed John Henry Moore II to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida in 1981.

Was John Henry Moore II appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

John Henry Moore II was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was John Henry Moore II's confirmation vote?

John Henry Moore II was confirmed by voice vote on November 24, 1981. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Middle District of Florida / Appointed 1981 / Served to 2013

John Henry Moore II

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981 and confirmed by voice vote, John Henry Moore II was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. He earned a law degree from University of Florida College of Law (now Fredric G. Levin College of Law) in 1961. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1929–2013
Appointed by: Ronald Reagan, 1981
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Syracuse 1952 · University of Florida College of Law (now Fredric G. Levin College of Law) 1961
Succeeded by: Richard A. Lazzara

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1981	Middle District of Florida	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

Syracuse University	B.S.	1952
University of Florida College of Law (now Fredric G. Levin College of Law)	J.D.	1961

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Moore was assigned 2,664 district-court cases (1978–2012). Median time from filing to termination: 260 days across 2,663 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas36%

Civil rights12%

Bankruptcy11%

Contract11%

Personal-injury torts8%

Social Security5%

Other17%

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 63 of Moore’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 54 were affirmed, 8 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, Moore authored 62 published opinions for the court (1982–2008). Most cited: Charter Crude Oil Co. v. Petroleos Mexicanos (In Re Charter Crude Oil Co.) (49 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
1991	Charter Crude Oil Co. v. Petroleos Mexicanos (In Re Charter Crude Oil Co.)	125 B.R. 650	49
2008	T-MOBILE SOUTH LLC v. City of Jacksonville, Fla.	564 F. Supp. 2d 1337	44
1995	United States Ex Rel. Burr v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Florida, Inc.	882 F. Supp. 166	25
1990	Imco USA, Inc. v. Title Ins. Co. of Minnesota	729 F. Supp. 1322	25
1987	Nick-O-Val Music Co., Inc. v. POS Radio, Inc.	656 F. Supp. 826	22
1990	United States v. Norris Grain Co. (In Re Norris Grain Co.)	131 B.R. 747	18
1983	Johnson v. Carson	569 F. Supp. 974	17
1992	Nipper v. Chiles	795 F. Supp. 1525	16
1992	Leach v. Johnston	812 F. Supp. 1198	15
1991	Jacksonville Electric Authority v. Eppinger & Russell Co.	776 F. Supp. 1542	14
1991	Bellsouth Advertising & Publishing Corp. v. Real Color Pages, Inc.	792 F. Supp. 775	13
1991	Contemporary Restaurant Concepts, Ltd. v. Las Tapas-Jacksonville, Inc.	753 F. Supp. 1560	11
1994	Stoecklin v. United States	858 F. Supp. 167	10
1990	Triton Container International Ltd. v. M/S Itapage	774 F. Supp. 1349	10
1987	Vance v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.	672 F. Supp. 1408	10

Showing the 15 most-cited of 62 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 Henry Moore II?: President Ronald Reagan appointed John Henry Moore II to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida in 1981.
Was John Henry Moore II appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: John Henry Moore II was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was John Henry Moore II's confirmation vote?: John Henry Moore II was confirmed by voice vote on November 24, 1981. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was John Henry Moore II on?: John Henry Moore II was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

Sources

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31 years on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).