Julian Abele Cook Jr.
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1978 and confirmed by voice vote, Julian Abele Cook Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. He earned a law degree from Georgetown College (now Georgetown University) Law Center in 1957. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1930–2017
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter, 1978
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Pennsylvania State 1952 · Georgetown College (now Georgetown) Law Center 1957
- Succeeded
- Lawrence Gubow
- Succeeded by
- Arthur J. Tarnow
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Eastern District of Michigan succeeded Lawrence Gubow | Carter (D) | 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
| Pennsylvania State University | B.A. | 1952 |
| Georgetown College (now Georgetown University) Law Center | J.D. | 1957 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Cook was assigned 3,781 district-court cases (1977–2014). Median time from filing to termination: 226 days across 3,779 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 67 of Cook’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 55 were affirmed, 6 reversed or vacated, and 6 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, Cook authored 140 published opinions for the court (1978–2012). Most cited: United States v. Turner (56 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | United States v. Turner | 490 F. Supp. 583 | 56 |
| 1979 | Korzetz v. Amsted Industries, Inc. | 472 F. Supp. 136 | 42 |
| 1989 | In Re Disaster at Detroit Metropolitan Airport on August 16, 1987 | 750 F. Supp. 793 | 37 |
| 1999 | Compuware Corp. v. Serena Software International, Inc. | 77 F. Supp. 2d 816 | 32 |
| 1994 | Sailor Music v. IML CORP. | 867 F. Supp. 565 | 27 |
| 2011 | In Re Gray | 447 B.R. 524 | 21 |
| 1984 | Matter of Mister Marvins, Inc. | 48 B.R. 279 | 21 |
| 1989 | In Re Air Crash Disaster at Detroit Metropolitan Airport on August 16, 1987 | 737 F. Supp. 391 | 20 |
| 1982 | Griffin v. Michigan Department of Corrections | 654 F. Supp. 690 | 20 |
| 1987 | Snider v. Lone Star Art Trading Co., Inc. | 672 F. Supp. 977 | 19 |
| 1981 | Kikos v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters | 526 F. Supp. 110 | 18 |
| 1988 | Kersh v. BORDEN CHEMICAL, a DIV. OF BORDEN, INC. | 689 F. Supp. 1442 | 17 |
| 1998 | Hall v. State Farm Insurance | 18 F. Supp. 2d 751 | 16 |
| 1983 | McTaggart v. United States | 570 F. Supp. 547 | 16 |
| 1979 | Bevard v. Ajax Manufacturing Co. | 473 F. Supp. 35 | 16 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 140 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 Julian Abele Cook Jr.?
- President Jimmy Carter appointed Julian Abele Cook Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan in 1978.
- Was Julian Abele Cook Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Julian Abele Cook Jr. was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Julian Abele Cook Jr.'s confirmation vote?
- Julian Abele Cook Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on September 22, 1978. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Julian Abele Cook Jr. on?
- Julian Abele Cook Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
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
How we source & reconcile data → Data & Sources
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38 years on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).