Who appointed Kenneth M. Hoyt?

President Ronald Reagan appointed Kenneth M. Hoyt to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas in 1988.

Was Kenneth M. Hoyt appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Kenneth M. Hoyt was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Kenneth M. Hoyt's confirmation vote?

Kenneth M. Hoyt was confirmed by voice vote on March 31, 1988. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Southern District of Texas / Appointed 1988 / Senior status since 2013

Kenneth M. Hoyt

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 and confirmed by voice vote, Kenneth M. Hoyt is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. He earned a law degree from Texas Southern University School of Law in 1972. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1948 · age 78
Appointed by: Ronald Reagan, 1988
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Texas Southern 1969 · Texas Southern Law 1972
Succeeded: Carl Olaf Bue Jr.
Succeeded by: Alfred Homer Bennett

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1988	Southern District of Texas succeeded Carl Olaf Bue Jr.	Reagan (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

Texas Southern University	A.B.	1969
Texas Southern University School of Law	J.D.	1972

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Hoyt was assigned 17,325 district-court cases (1981–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 189 days across 16,715 closed cases.

Personal-injury torts43%

Prisoner & habeas14%

Contract11%

Civil rights7%

Other civil matters7%

Labor & ERISA4%

Other14%

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 678 of Hoyt’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 496 were affirmed, 96 reversed or vacated, and 86 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, Hoyt authored 71 published opinions for the court (1989–2011). Most cited: Texas Source Group, Inc. v. CCH, INC. (30 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
1997	Texas Source Group, Inc. v. CCH, INC.	967 F. Supp. 234	30
1989	Joy Manufacturing Co. v. CGM Valve & Gauge Co.	730 F. Supp. 1387	30
1997	United States Ex Rel. Riley v. St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital	982 F. Supp. 1261	17
2005	Gellerman v. Jefferson Pilot Financial Insurance	376 F. Supp. 2d 724	15
1996	Bounty-Full Entertainment, Inc. v. Forever Blue Entertainment Group, Inc.	923 F. Supp. 950	15
1990	Mason v. Montgomery Data, Inc.	741 F. Supp. 1282	15
1991	FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION v. Fay	779 F. Supp. 66	12
2003	El Aguila Food Products, Inc. v. Gruma Corp.	301 F. Supp. 2d 612	11
1990	Dyke v. Heitkamp	119 B.R. 536	11
1990	McDowell v. Fort Bend Independent School District	737 F. Supp. 386	10
2007	Veldekens v. GE HFS HOLDINGS, INC.	362 B.R. 762	9
1996	Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Metropolitan Baptist Church	967 F. Supp. 217	9
1996	Weaver v. Aquila Energy Marketing, Corp.	196 B.R. 945	8
1991	Variable Annuity Life Insurance v. Clarke	786 F. Supp. 639	8
2009	Santibanes v. City of Tomball, Tex.	654 F. Supp. 2d 593	7

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 Kenneth M. Hoyt?: President Ronald Reagan appointed Kenneth M. Hoyt to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas in 1988.
Was Kenneth M. Hoyt appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Kenneth M. Hoyt was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Kenneth M. Hoyt's confirmation vote?: Kenneth M. Hoyt was confirmed by voice vote on March 31, 1988. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Kenneth M. Hoyt on?: Kenneth M. Hoyt is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Sources

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38 years on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).