Jon Phipps McCalla
Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1992 and confirmed by voice vote, Jon Phipps McCalla was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. He earned a law degree from Vanderbilt University Law School in 1974. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1947–2026
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush, 1992
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Tennessee 1969 · Vanderbilt Law School 1974
- Succeeded by
- Sheryl Halle Lipman
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Western District of Tennessee | 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
| University of Tennessee | B.S. | 1969 |
| Vanderbilt University Law School | J.D. | 1974 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, McCalla was assigned 5,796 district-court cases (1965–2025). Median time from filing to termination: 204 days across 5,697 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 170 of McCalla’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 127 were affirmed, 27 reversed or vacated, and 16 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, McCalla authored 134 published opinions for the court (1992–2011). Most cited: Lord v. Saratoga Capital, Inc. (50 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 | Lord v. Saratoga Capital, Inc. | 920 F. Supp. 840 | 50 |
| 2011 | Blackburn v. Shelby County | 770 F. Supp. 2d 896 | 28 |
| 2011 | Lindberg v. UHS OF LAKESIDE, LLC | 761 F. Supp. 2d 752 | 26 |
| 2000 | Payne v. Bell | 89 F. Supp. 2d 967 | 24 |
| 1992 | Office of the United States Trustee v. Hays Builders, Inc. (In Re Hays Builders, Inc.) | 144 B.R. 778 | 22 |
| 2006 | Gone to the Beach, LLC v. Choicepoint Services, Inc. | 434 F. Supp. 2d 534 | 21 |
| 1995 | Parker v. Metropolitan Life, Insurance | 875 F. Supp. 1321 | 20 |
| 1995 | Ishaaq v. Compton | 900 F. Supp. 935 | 19 |
| 1994 | Meadows v. Gibson | 855 F. Supp. 223 | 19 |
| 2001 | Davidson Hotel Co. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co. | 136 F. Supp. 2d 901 | 17 |
| 1999 | Rogers v. AC Humko Corp. | 56 F. Supp. 2d 972 | 17 |
| 1994 | Lloyd v. CORRECTIONS CORP. OF AMER. | 855 F. Supp. 221 | 17 |
| 1999 | Greene v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. | 72 F. Supp. 2d 882 | 16 |
| 1997 | Chrysler Financial Corp. v. Dickerson (In Re Dickerson) | 209 B.R. 703 | 16 |
| 1996 | Vaughan v. Harvard Industries, Inc. | 926 F. Supp. 1340 | 16 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 134 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 Jon Phipps McCalla?
- President George H.W. Bush appointed Jon Phipps McCalla to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee in 1992.
- Was Jon Phipps McCalla appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Jon Phipps McCalla 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 Jon Phipps McCalla's confirmation vote?
- Jon Phipps McCalla was confirmed by voice vote on February 6, 1992. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Jon Phipps McCalla on?
- Jon Phipps McCalla was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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34 years on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).