Neal Brooks Biggers Jr.
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1984 and confirmed by voice vote, Neal Brooks Biggers Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi. He earned a law degree from University of Mississippi School of Law in 1963. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1935–2023
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1984
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Millsaps College 1956 · University of Mississippi Law 1963
- Succeeded
- William Colbert Keady
- Succeeded by
- Michael P. Mills
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Northern District of Mississippi succeeded William Colbert Keady | 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
| Millsaps College | B.A. | 1956 |
| University of Mississippi School of Law | J.D. | 1963 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Biggers was assigned 4,655 district-court cases (1975–2023). Median time from filing to termination: 308 days across 4,652 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 109 of Biggers’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 85 were affirmed, 17 reversed or vacated, and 7 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, Biggers authored 87 published opinions for the court (1984–2009). Most cited: Oswalt v. Sara Lee Corp. (54 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Oswalt v. Sara Lee Corp. | 889 F. Supp. 253 | 54 |
| 1987 | Dunn v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. | 711 F. Supp. 1359 | 36 |
| 1984 | North American Plastics, Inc. v. Inland Shoe Manufacturing Co. | 592 F. Supp. 875 | 24 |
| 1986 | Moore Bayou Water Ass'n, Inc. v. Town of Jonestown | 628 F. Supp. 1367 | 18 |
| 1987 | Ayers v. Allain | 674 F. Supp. 1523 | 16 |
| 1984 | Patton v. Aetna Insurance | 595 F. Supp. 533 | 15 |
| 1990 | Boston v. Lafayette County, Miss. | 744 F. Supp. 746 | 14 |
| 1986 | White v. Franklin | 637 F. Supp. 601 | 14 |
| 1989 | Bernhardt v. Richardson-Merrell, Inc. | 723 F. Supp. 1188 | 13 |
| 1985 | Hernando Bank v. Huff | 609 F. Supp. 1124 | 12 |
| 1992 | Cohen v. Coahoma County, Miss. | 805 F. Supp. 398 | 11 |
| 1990 | Boston v. Lafayette County, Miss. | 743 F. Supp. 462 | 11 |
| 1986 | Home Box Office, Inc. v. Corinth Motel, Inc. | 647 F. Supp. 1186 | 11 |
| 1984 | Simons v. City of Columbus | 593 F. Supp. 876 | 11 |
| 1999 | Boston v. Titan Indemnity Co. | 34 F. Supp. 2d 419 | 10 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 87 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 Neal Brooks Biggers Jr.?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed Neal Brooks Biggers Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi in 1984.
- Was Neal Brooks Biggers Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Neal Brooks Biggers Jr. was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Neal Brooks Biggers Jr.'s confirmation vote?
- Neal Brooks Biggers Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on March 27, 1984. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Neal Brooks Biggers Jr. on?
- Neal Brooks Biggers Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: Administrative Office of the United States Courts (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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39 years on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).