Paul Neeley Brown
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1985 and confirmed by voice vote, Paul Neeley Brown was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. He earned a law degree from University of Texas School of Law in 1950. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1926–2012
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1985
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Texas Law 1950
- Succeeded by
- Leonard E. Davis
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Eastern District of Texas | 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
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Brown was assigned 4,537 district-court cases (1964–2006). Median time from filing to termination: 250 days across 4,535 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 41 of Brown’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 37 were affirmed, 2 reversed or vacated, and 2 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, Brown authored 40 published opinions for the court (1987–2005). Most cited: Emrick v. Libbey-Owens-Ford Co. (26 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 | Emrick v. Libbey-Owens-Ford Co. | 875 F. Supp. 393 | 26 |
| 1988 | Gemcraft Homes, Inc. v. Sumurdy | 688 F. Supp. 289 | 21 |
| 1987 | Klo-Zik Co. v. General Motors Corp. | 677 F. Supp. 499 | 18 |
| 2002 | Mt. Hawley Insurance v. Steve Roberts Custom Builders, Inc. | 215 F. Supp. 2d 783 | 17 |
| 2001 | Doe v. S & S Consolidated I.S.D. | 149 F. Supp. 2d 274 | 14 |
| 1994 | Cyrix Corp. v. Intel Corp. | 846 F. Supp. 522 | 13 |
| 1995 | Metropolitan Property and Cas. Co. v. Murphy | 896 F. Supp. 645 | 12 |
| 1990 | Sabine River Authority v. United States Department of Interior | 745 F. Supp. 388 | 12 |
| 1989 | Gibbs v. Service Lloyds Insurance | 711 F. Supp. 874 | 12 |
| 1997 | Stramel v. GE Capital Small Business Finance Corp. | 955 F. Supp. 65 | 10 |
| 1996 | Bullard v. Chrysler Corp. | 925 F. Supp. 1180 | 10 |
| 1994 | DRT Mechanical Corp. v. Collin County, Tex. | 845 F. Supp. 1159 | 10 |
| 1996 | DSC Communications Corp. v. Next Level Communications | 929 F. Supp. 239 | 9 |
| 1993 | TK's Video, Inc. v. Denton County, Tex. | 830 F. Supp. 335 | 9 |
| 1992 | Cyrix Corp. v. Intel Corp. | 803 F. Supp. 1200 | 9 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 40 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 Paul Neeley Brown?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed Paul Neeley Brown to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in 1985.
- Was Paul Neeley Brown appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Paul Neeley Brown was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Paul Neeley Brown's confirmation vote?
- Paul Neeley Brown was confirmed by voice vote on October 16, 1985. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Paul Neeley Brown on?
- Paul Neeley Brown was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
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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27 years on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).