Jorge Antonio Solis
Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1991 and confirmed by voice vote, Jorge Antonio Solis 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 1976. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1951–2021
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush, 1991
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- McMurry College 1973 · University of Texas Law 1976
- Succeeded
- Robert William Porter
- Succeeded by
- Karen Gren Scholer
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Northern District of Texas succeeded Robert William Porter | 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
| McMurry College | B.A. | 1973 |
| University of Texas School of Law | J.D. | 1976 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Solis was assigned 7,715 district-court cases (1976–2016). Median time from filing to termination: 218 days across 7,710 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 281 of Solis’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 237 were affirmed, 25 reversed or vacated, and 19 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, Solis authored 71 published opinions for the court (1992–2009). Most cited: Sanders v. Casa View Baptist Church (32 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 | Sanders v. Casa View Baptist Church | 898 F. Supp. 1169 | 32 |
| 1996 | Morton v. GTE North Inc. | 922 F. Supp. 1169 | 29 |
| 1996 | American Express Financial Advisors, Inc. v. Scott | 955 F. Supp. 688 | 21 |
| 1997 | Gibson & Associates, Inc. v. Home Insurance | 966 F. Supp. 468 | 19 |
| 2004 | Travelers Indem. Co. of Connecticut v. Presbyterian Healthcare Resources | 313 F. Supp. 2d 648 | 17 |
| 1999 | Henley v. Dillard Department Stores | 46 F. Supp. 2d 587 | 17 |
| 1998 | Hartman v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co. | 55 F. Supp. 2d 600 | 14 |
| 2003 | Taylor Made Golf Co., Inc. v. MJT CONSULTING GROUP, LLC | 265 F. Supp. 2d 732 | 13 |
| 2009 | Benavidez v. CITY OF IRVING, TEX. | 638 F. Supp. 2d 709 | 12 |
| 2002 | Mims v. Fidelity Funding, Inc. | 307 B.R. 849 | 11 |
| 1996 | Washington v. United States Department of Housing & Urban Development | 953 F. Supp. 762 | 10 |
| 1993 | Reich v. Lancaster | 843 F. Supp. 194 | 10 |
| 1997 | Cannizzaro v. Neiman Marcus, Inc. | 979 F. Supp. 465 | 9 |
| 1996 | United States Fire Insurance v. Deering Management Group, Inc. | 946 F. Supp. 1271 | 9 |
| 2003 | Murray v. TXU Corp. | 279 F. Supp. 2d 799 | 8 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 71 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 Jorge Antonio Solis?
- President George H.W. Bush appointed Jorge Antonio Solis to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in 1991.
- Was Jorge Antonio Solis appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Jorge Antonio Solis 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 Jorge Antonio Solis's confirmation vote?
- Jorge Antonio Solis was confirmed by voice vote on September 12, 1991. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Jorge Antonio Solis on?
- Jorge Antonio Solis 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
How we source & reconcile data → Data & Sources
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24 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).