Orinda Dale Evans
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1979 and confirmed by voice vote, Orinda Dale Evans is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. She earned a law degree from Emory University School of Law in 1968. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1943 · age 83
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter, 1979
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Duke 1965 · Emory Law 1968
- Succeeded
- Albert John Henderson
- Succeeded by
- Steve CarMichael Jones
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Northern District of Georgia succeeded Albert John Henderson | 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
| Duke University | A.B. | 1965 |
| Emory University School of Law | J.D. | 1968 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Evans was assigned 8,871 district-court cases (1982–2020). Median time from filing to termination: 190 days across 8,863 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 237 of Evans’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 189 were affirmed, 22 reversed or vacated, and 26 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, Evans authored 197 published opinions for the court (1979–2011). Most cited: Love v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance (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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Love v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance | 542 F. Supp. 65 | 54 |
| 1985 | Broadcast Corp. of Georgia v. Broadfoot | 54 B.R. 606 | 43 |
| 1996 | Mbiya v. Immigration & Naturalization Service | 930 F. Supp. 609 | 36 |
| 2004 | Johnson v. Citimortgage, Inc. | 351 F. Supp. 2d 1368 | 34 |
| 1994 | Wilderness Society v. Alcock | 867 F. Supp. 1026 | 31 |
| 1985 | Clyde v. National Data Corp. | 609 F. Supp. 216 | 30 |
| 2003 | United States v. Battle | 272 F. Supp. 2d 1354 | 28 |
| 1994 | Larkins v. CIBA Vision Corp. | 858 F. Supp. 1572 | 28 |
| 1982 | Hill Aircraft & Leasing Corp. v. Fulton County, Ga. | 561 F. Supp. 667 | 28 |
| 1979 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. v. Showcase Atlanta Cooperative Productions, Inc. | 479 F. Supp. 351 | 28 |
| 2004 | Kramer v. Gwinnett County, Georgia | 306 F. Supp. 2d 1219 | 25 |
| 1979 | Walters v. Chevron U. S. A., Inc. | 476 F. Supp. 353 | 24 |
| 1983 | MacK v. WR Grace & Co. | 578 F. Supp. 626 | 22 |
| 1981 | Kleiner v. First Nat. Bank of Atlanta | 526 F. Supp. 1019 | 21 |
| 1995 | TDS Healthcare Systems Corp. v. Humana Hospital Illinois, Inc. | 880 F. Supp. 1572 | 20 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 197 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 Orinda Dale Evans?
- President Jimmy Carter appointed Orinda Dale Evans to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia in 1979.
- Was Orinda Dale Evans appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Orinda Dale Evans was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Orinda Dale Evans's confirmation vote?
- Orinda Dale Evans was confirmed by voice vote on July 23, 1979. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Orinda Dale Evans on?
- Orinda Dale Evans is 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
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47 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).