Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Jr.
Appointed by President Herbert Hoover in 1931 and confirmed by voice vote, Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He earned a law degree from University of Texas School of Law in 1900. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1879–1973
- Appointed by
- Herbert Hoover, 1931
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Texas Law 1900
- Succeeded by
- William Homer Thornberry
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | Southern District of Texas succeeded Waller Thomas Burns | Wilson (D) | Voice vote |
| 1931 | Fifth Circuit | Hoover (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 Texas School of Law | LL.B. | 1900 |
Judicial Record
In our data, Hutcheson authored 28 published opinions for the court (1924–1934). Most cited: Brotherhood of Railway & Steamship Clerks v. Texas & N. O. R. (31 citations).
Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.
Selected opinions
| Year | Case | Citation | Cited |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 | Brotherhood of Railway & Steamship Clerks v. Texas & N. O. R. | 24 F.2d 426 | 31 |
| 1931 | Lake v. Texas News Co. | 51 F.2d 862 | 23 |
| 1929 | Pabst v. Roxana Petroleum Co. | 30 F.2d 953 | 22 |
| 1925 | Enochasson v. Freeport Sulphur Co. | 7 F.2d 674 | 22 |
| 1924 | In Re Nagy | 3 F.2d 77 | 17 |
| 1925 | Pulitzer Pub. Co. v. Houston Printing Co. | 4 F.2d 924 | 15 |
| 1929 | Ex Parte Rocha | 30 F.2d 823 | 13 |
| 1929 | Creager v. P. F. Collier & Son Co. | 36 F.2d 781 | 12 |
| 1931 | In Re Cardwell | 52 F.2d 158 | 11 |
| 1931 | In Re Perel | 51 F.2d 506 | 10 |
| 1927 | J. W. Carter Music Co. v. Bass | 20 F.2d 390 | 9 |
| 1925 | The Panama | 6 F.2d 326 | 9 |
| 1928 | United States v. American Sales Corporation | 27 F.2d 389 | 8 |
| 1928 | Gulf & I. Ry. Co. of Texas v. Davis | 26 F.2d 930 | 8 |
| 1926 | Ex Parte Rodriguez | 15 F.2d 878 | 8 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 28 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 Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Jr.?
- President Herbert Hoover appointed Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Jr. to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in 1931.
- Was Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Jr. was appointed by President Herbert Hoover, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Jr.'s confirmation vote?
- Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on January 13, 1931. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Jr. on?
- Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: Unknown authorUnknown author (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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41 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).