Who appointed Marcia A. Crone?

President George W. Bush appointed Marcia A. Crone to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in 2003.

Was Marcia A. Crone appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Marcia A. Crone was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Marcia A. Crone's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Marcia A. Crone 91–0 on September 30, 2003.

Eastern District of Texas / Appointed 2003 / Active

Marcia A. Crone

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

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2003 and confirmed by the Senate 91–0, Marcia A. Crone is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. She earned a law degree from University of Houston Law Center in 1978. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1952 · age 74
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2003
Confirmed: 91–0
Education: University of Texas 1973 · University of Houston Law Center 1978

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2003	Eastern District of Texas	G.W. Bush (R)	91–0

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own.

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 91–0 on September 30, 2003 · 108th Congress, Roll Call 369. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 91

42 D, 49 R

Did not vote · 9

6 D, 2 R, 1 I

Education

University of Texas	B.A.	1973
University of Houston Law Center	J.D.	1978

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Crone was assigned 4,795 district-court cases (1988–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 232 days across 4,129 closed cases.

Other civil matters36%

Prisoner & habeas13%

Personal-injury torts12%

Contract11%

Criminal6%

Civil rights5%

Other16%

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 224 of Crone’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 185 were affirmed, 22 reversed or vacated, and 17 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, Crone authored 59 published opinions for the court (2004–2011). Most cited: Bornette v. Barnhart (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
2006	Bornette v. Barnhart	466 F. Supp. 2d 811	60
2007	Evans v. Texas Department of Transportation	547 F. Supp. 2d 626	36
2005	Whitmire v. Terex Telelect, Inc.	390 F. Supp. 2d 540	31
2006	Taylor Pipeline Construction, Inc. v. Directional Road Boring, Inc.	438 F. Supp. 2d 696	28
2009	Whiddon v. CHASE HOME FINANCE, LLC	666 F. Supp. 2d 681	19
2006	EMPTY BARGE LINES II v. Dredge Leonard Fisher	441 F. Supp. 2d 786	18
2006	Almond v. Tarver	468 F. Supp. 2d 886	17
2004	Thompson v. Exxon Mobil Corp.	344 F. Supp. 2d 971	16
2006	Washington v. Barnhart	413 F. Supp. 2d 784	13
2008	Bourne v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.	582 F. Supp. 2d 828	12
2007	Johnson v. RGIS Inventory Specialists	554 F. Supp. 2d 693	11
2005	Hicks v. Charles Pfizer & Co. Inc.	466 F. Supp. 2d 799	11
2005	Hesseltine v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.	391 F. Supp. 2d 509	11
2005	Nixon v. Wheatley	368 F. Supp. 2d 635	11
2005	National American Insurance v. Breaux	368 F. Supp. 2d 604	11

Showing the 15 most-cited of 59 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 Marcia A. Crone?: President George W. Bush appointed Marcia A. Crone to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in 2003.
Was Marcia A. Crone appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Marcia A. Crone was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Marcia A. Crone's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Marcia A. Crone 91–0 on September 30, 2003.
Which court is Marcia A. Crone on?: Marcia A. Crone is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

Sources

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