Michael B. Thornton
Michael B. Thornton is a Judge on the United States Tax Court, appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate to a renewable 15-year term in 1998. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1954 · age 72
- Appointed by
- The president and the U.S. Senate, 1998
- Term
- Renewable 15-year term
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | United States Tax Court | President & Senate | – |
| 2012 | United States Tax Court | President & Senate | – |
| 2013 | United States Tax Court | President & Senate | – |
| 2016 | United States Tax Court | President & Senate | – |
Judicial Record
In our data, Thornton authored 1 published opinion for the court (2021).
Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.
Selected opinions
| Year | Case | Citation | Cited |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Kirgizia I. Grajales | – | 0 |
Showing the 1 most-cited of 1 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.
Sources
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- CourtListener / Free Law Project
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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28 years on the United States Tax Court. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).