Marvin Herman Shoob
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1979 and confirmed by voice vote, Marvin Herman Shoob was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. He earned a law degree from University of Georgia School of Law in 1948. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1923–2017
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter, 1979
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Georgia Law 1948
- Succeeded by
- Frank M. Hull
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Northern District of Georgia | 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
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Shoob was assigned 6,089 district-court cases (1981–2015). Median time from filing to termination: 206 days across 6,089 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 74 of Shoob’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 62 were affirmed, 9 reversed or vacated, and 3 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, Shoob authored 158 published opinions for the court (1979–2011). Most cited: Mehinovic v. Vuckovic (43 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Mehinovic v. Vuckovic | 198 F. Supp. 2d 1322 | 43 |
| 1993 | Harvey v. Cobb County, Ga. | 811 F. Supp. 669 | 39 |
| 1982 | Management Assistance, Inc. v. Computer Dimensions, Inc. | 546 F. Supp. 666 | 39 |
| 1981 | Purple Onion, Inc. v. Jackson | 511 F. Supp. 1207 | 34 |
| 1983 | Clement v. Pehar | 575 F. Supp. 436 | 32 |
| 1985 | Big Shanty Land Corp. v. Comer Properties, Inc. | 61 B.R. 272 | 26 |
| 1996 | Sierra Club v. Hankinson | 939 F. Supp. 865 | 22 |
| 1980 | Awbrey v. Great Atlantic & Pac. Tea Co., Inc. | 505 F. Supp. 604 | 22 |
| 1984 | Gresham v. Waffle House, Inc. | 586 F. Supp. 1442 | 21 |
| 1981 | Georgia Department of Human Resources v. Bell | 528 F. Supp. 17 | 21 |
| 1987 | Acrotube, Inc. v. J.K. Financial Group, Inc. | 653 F. Supp. 470 | 20 |
| 1984 | Friedlander v. Nims | 583 F. Supp. 1087 | 20 |
| 1981 | Soroa-Gonzales v. Civiletti | 515 F. Supp. 1049 | 20 |
| 2006 | Kenny A. Ex Rel. Winn v. Perdue | 454 F. Supp. 2d 1260 | 17 |
| 1983 | Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. v. De Liniere | 572 F. Supp. 246 | 17 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 158 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 Marvin Herman Shoob?
- President Jimmy Carter appointed Marvin Herman Shoob to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia in 1979.
- Was Marvin Herman Shoob appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Marvin Herman Shoob was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Marvin Herman Shoob's confirmation vote?
- Marvin Herman Shoob was confirmed by voice vote on July 23, 1979. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Marvin Herman Shoob on?
- Marvin Herman Shoob was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
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
How we source & reconcile data → Data & Sources
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37 years on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).