Junius Foy Guin Jr.
Appointed by President Richard M. Nixon in 1973 and confirmed by voice vote, Junius Foy Guin Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. He earned a law degree from University of Alabama School of Law in 1947. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1924–2016
- Appointed by
- Richard M. Nixon, 1973
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Alabama 1975 · University of Alabama Law 1947
- Succeeded
- Clarence W. Allgood
- Succeeded by
- Edwin L. Nelson
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Northern District of Alabama succeeded Clarence W. Allgood | Nixon (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 Alabama School of Law | J.D. | 1947 |
| University of Alabama | A.B. | 1975 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Guin was assigned 3,596 district-court cases (1976–2012). Median time from filing to termination: 266 days across 3,596 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 20 of Guin’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 18 were affirmed, 2 reversed or vacated. 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, Guin authored 221 published opinions for the court (1973–2011). Most cited: Fike v. Gold Kist, Inc. (60 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Fike v. Gold Kist, Inc. | 514 F. Supp. 722 | 60 |
| 1991 | Tombrello v. USX Corp. | 763 F. Supp. 541 | 38 |
| 1974 | Davis v. Alabama Power Company | 383 F. Supp. 880 | 34 |
| 1973 | Ripp v. Dobbs Houses, Inc. | 366 F. Supp. 205 | 32 |
| 1981 | Bendall v. White | 511 F. Supp. 793 | 30 |
| 1977 | Roussel v. Tidelands Capital Corp. | 438 F. Supp. 684 | 26 |
| 1975 | American Federation of Government Employees, Local 1858 v. Callaway | 398 F. Supp. 176 | 26 |
| 1977 | International Ass'n of Firefighters, Local 2069 v. City of Sylacauga | 436 F. Supp. 482 | 24 |
| 1974 | Bradford v. Sloan Paper Company, Inc. | 383 F. Supp. 1157 | 22 |
| 1976 | American Federation of Government Employees v. Hoffmann | 427 F. Supp. 1048 | 21 |
| 1973 | Montgomery v. Ellis | 364 F. Supp. 517 | 20 |
| 2011 | Langley v. Astrue | 777 F. Supp. 2d 1250 | 19 |
| 1976 | Ellis v. Zuck | 409 F. Supp. 1151 | 19 |
| 1999 | Bell v. Educational Credit Management Corp. (In Re Bell) | 236 B.R. 426 | 17 |
| 1996 | Thirkill v. J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. | 950 F. Supp. 1105 | 17 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 221 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 Junius Foy Guin Jr.?
- President Richard M. Nixon appointed Junius Foy Guin Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama in 1973.
- Was Junius Foy Guin Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Junius Foy Guin Jr. was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Junius Foy Guin Jr.'s confirmation vote?
- Junius Foy Guin Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on April 10, 1973. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Junius Foy Guin Jr. on?
- Junius Foy Guin Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.
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
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43 years on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).