Reynaldo Guerra Garza
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1979 and confirmed by voice vote, Reynaldo Guerra Garza was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He earned a law degree from University of Texas School of Law in 1939. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1915–2004
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter, 1979
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Texas 1937 · University of Texas Law 1939
- Succeeded
- William Homer Thornberry
- Succeeded by
- Patrick Errol Higginbotham
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Southern District of Texas succeeded James V. Allred | Kennedy (D) | Voice vote |
| 1979 | Fifth Circuit succeeded William Homer Thornberry | 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
| Brownsville Junior College (now Texas Southmost College) | A.A. | 1935 |
| University of Texas | B.A. | 1937 |
| University of Texas School of Law | LL.B. | 1939 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Garza was assigned 103 district-court cases (1985–1998). Median time from filing to termination: 825 days across 103 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, Garza authored 40 published opinions for the court (1961–1979). Most cited: Adair Pipeline Company v. Pipeliners Local Union No. 798 (29 citations).
Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.
Selected opinions
| Year | Case | Citation | Cited |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Adair Pipeline Company v. Pipeliners Local Union No. 798 | 203 F. Supp. 434 | 29 |
| 1968 | Cateora v. British Atlantic Assurance, Ltd., of Nassau | 282 F. Supp. 167 | 22 |
| 1961 | Parkhill Produce Co. v. Pecos Valley Southern Railway Co. | 196 F. Supp. 404 | 18 |
| 1963 | Moore v. O/S FRAM | 226 F. Supp. 816 | 17 |
| 1962 | Torres v. Continental Bus System, Inc. | 204 F. Supp. 347 | 16 |
| 1979 | Bradford v. Edelstein | 467 F. Supp. 1361 | 13 |
| 1968 | Olvera v. Michalos | 307 F. Supp. 9 | 13 |
| 1971 | United States v. International Longshoremen's Ass'n | 334 F. Supp. 976 | 12 |
| 1964 | Hammonds v. City of Corpus Christi, Texas | 226 F. Supp. 456 | 12 |
| 1963 | Sun Oil Company v. Martin | 218 F. Supp. 618 | 10 |
| 1961 | Hoodye v. Bruusgaard Krosterud Skibs A/S Drammen, Nor. | 197 F. Supp. 697 | 9 |
| 1967 | Sosa v. Young Flying Service | 277 F. Supp. 554 | 8 |
| 1962 | Everitt v. United States | 204 F. Supp. 20 | 8 |
| 1961 | Hedges v. Rudeloff | 196 F. Supp. 475 | 8 |
| 1962 | Uhlhorn v. Owens | 211 F. Supp. 798 | 7 |
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 Reynaldo Guerra Garza?
- President Jimmy Carter appointed Reynaldo Guerra Garza to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in 1979.
- Was Reynaldo Guerra Garza appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Reynaldo Guerra Garza was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Reynaldo Guerra Garza's confirmation vote?
- Reynaldo Guerra Garza was confirmed by voice vote on July 12, 1979. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Reynaldo Guerra Garza on?
- Reynaldo Guerra Garza was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
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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25 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).