Who appointed Paul C. Huck?

President William J. Clinton appointed Paul C. Huck to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida in 2000.

Was Paul C. Huck appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Paul C. Huck was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Paul C. Huck's confirmation vote?

Paul C. Huck was confirmed by voice vote on June 30, 2000. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Southern District of Florida / Appointed 2000 / Senior status since 2010

Paul C. Huck

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 2000 and confirmed by voice vote, Paul C. Huck is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. He earned a law degree from University of Florida College of Law (now Fredric G. Levin College of Law) in 1965. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1940 · age 86
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 2000
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Florida 1962 · University of Florida College of Law (now Fredric G. Levin College of Law) 1965
Succeeded: Kenneth L. Ryskamp
Succeeded by: Robert Nichols Scola Jr.

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2000	Southern District of Florida succeeded Kenneth L. Ryskamp	Clinton (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

University of Florida	B.A.	1962
University of Florida College of Law (now Fredric G. Levin College of Law)	J.D.	1965

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Huck was assigned 4,965 district-court cases (1985–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 130 days across 4,867 closed cases.

Contract17%

Prisoner & habeas16%

Civil rights15%

Other federal statutes11%

Personal-injury torts11%

Labor & ERISA11%

Other18%

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 265 of Huck’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 223 were affirmed, 27 reversed or vacated, and 15 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, Huck authored 58 published opinions for the court (2001–2011). Most cited: Sun Trust Bank v. Sun International Hotels, Ltd. (36 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
2001	Sun Trust Bank v. Sun International Hotels, Ltd.	184 F. Supp. 2d 1246	36
2004	Lawrence v. Courtyards at Deerwood Ass'n, Inc.	318 F. Supp. 2d 1133	19
2007	Aboujaoude v. Poinciana Development Co. II	509 F. Supp. 2d 1266	18
2009	Osorio v. Dole Food Co.	665 F. Supp. 2d 1307	15
2005	Florida Keys Citizens Coalition, Inc. v. United States Army Corps of Engineers	374 F. Supp. 2d 1116	15
2004	American Bankers Insurance Group, Inc. v. United States	308 F. Supp. 2d 1360	15
2006	Garcia v. Angarita	440 F. Supp. 2d 1364	11
2005	In Re the Complaint of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.	403 F. Supp. 2d 1168	10
2001	Law Offices of David J. Stern, P.A. v. Martinez (In Re Martinez)	271 B.R. 696	10
2008	Battiste v. Lamberti	571 F. Supp. 2d 1286	8
2009	XL Insurance America, Inc. v. Ortiz	673 F. Supp. 2d 1331	7
2006	Swatch S.A. v. New City Inc.	454 F. Supp. 2d 1245	7
2002	Galactic Towing, Inc. v. City of Miami Beach	274 F. Supp. 2d 1315	7
2002	Moreland v. Miami-Dade County	255 F. Supp. 2d 1304	7
2007	L'Arbalete, Inc. v. Zaczac	474 F. Supp. 2d 1314	6

Showing the 15 most-cited of 58 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 C. Huck?: President William J. Clinton appointed Paul C. Huck to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida in 2000.
Was Paul C. Huck appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Paul C. Huck was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Paul C. Huck's confirmation vote?: Paul C. Huck was confirmed by voice vote on June 30, 2000. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Paul C. Huck on?: Paul C. Huck is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Sources

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26 years on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).