Oren Harris
Appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965 and confirmed by voice vote, Oren Harris was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. He earned a law degree from Cumberland School of Law in 1930. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1903–1997
- Appointed by
- Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Henderson-Brown State College (now Henderson State) 1929 · Cumberland Law 1930
- Succeeded by
- Elsijane Trimble Roy
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Eastern District of Arkansas | L.B. Johnson (D) | Voice vote |
| 1965 | Western District of Arkansas | L.B. Johnson (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
| Henderson-Brown State College (now Henderson State University) | A.B. | 1929 |
| Cumberland School of Law | LL.B. | 1930 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Harris was assigned 539 district-court cases (1984–1992). Median time from filing to termination: 150 days across 539 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.
In our data, Harris authored 78 published opinions for the court (1966–1992). Most cited: Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Nationwide Independent Directory Service, Inc. (34 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Nationwide Independent Directory Service, Inc. | 371 F. Supp. 900 | 34 |
| 1973 | Goodwin v. Cross County School District No. 7 | 394 F. Supp. 417 | 20 |
| 1970 | Stringfellow v. Monsanto Company | 320 F. Supp. 1175 | 19 |
| 1979 | Strick Corp. v. Eldo-Craft Boat Co., Inc. | 479 F. Supp. 720 | 16 |
| 1970 | Standard Lumber Company v. Chamber Frames, Inc. | 317 F. Supp. 837 | 15 |
| 1982 | Swope v. Bratton | 541 F. Supp. 99 | 14 |
| 1967 | Edwin F. Armstrong & Company v. Ben Pearson, Incorporated | 294 F. Supp. 163 | 14 |
| 1977 | Martin v. United States | 448 F. Supp. 855 | 13 |
| 1975 | In Re Wall | 403 F. Supp. 357 | 13 |
| 1967 | Johnson v. United States | 271 F. Supp. 205 | 13 |
| 1969 | Brinegar v. San Ore Construction Company | 302 F. Supp. 630 | 12 |
| 1967 | United States v. Theriault | 268 F. Supp. 314 | 12 |
| 1987 | First Financial Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. E.F. Hutton Mortgage Corp. | 652 F. Supp. 471 | 10 |
| 1975 | Cato v. Collins | 394 F. Supp. 629 | 10 |
| 1974 | Investors Thrift Corporation v. Hunt | 387 F. Supp. 517 | 10 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 78 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 Oren Harris?
- President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Oren Harris to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas in 1965.
- Was Oren Harris appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Oren Harris was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Oren Harris's confirmation vote?
- Oren Harris was confirmed by voice vote on August 11, 1965. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Oren Harris on?
- Oren Harris was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: US Government Printing Office (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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31 years on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).