Richard Boykin Kellam
Appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1967 and confirmed by voice vote, Richard Boykin Kellam was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1909–1996
- Appointed by
- Lyndon B. Johnson, 1967
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Succeeded by
- Robert George Doumar
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Eastern District of Virginia | 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
| Read law | 1934 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Kellam was assigned 379 district-court cases (1977–1997). Median time from filing to termination: 160 days across 379 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, Kellam authored 68 published opinions for the court (1968–1992). Most cited: Brown v. Buchanan (63 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Brown v. Buchanan | 419 F. Supp. 199 | 63 |
| 1971 | Bull v. Logetronics, Inc. | 323 F. Supp. 115 | 38 |
| 1976 | King v. Gemini Food Services, Inc. | 438 F. Supp. 964 | 30 |
| 1977 | Securities & Exchange Commission v. American Realty Trust | 429 F. Supp. 1148 | 29 |
| 1980 | Hughes v. Sullivan | 514 F. Supp. 667 | 28 |
| 1974 | Puamier v. BARGE BT 1793 | 395 F. Supp. 1019 | 26 |
| 1971 | Norfolk Shipbuilding and Drydock Corp. v. United States | 321 F. Supp. 222 | 24 |
| 1990 | Columbus-America Discovery Group, Inc. v. Unidentified, Wrecked & Abandoned Sailing Vessel | 742 F. Supp. 1327 | 21 |
| 1980 | Jacobs v. College of William and Mary | 517 F. Supp. 791 | 21 |
| 1985 | Dabney v. Addison | 65 B.R. 348 | 18 |
| 1984 | In Re Lamm | 47 B.R. 364 | 18 |
| 1975 | United States v. Rogers | 388 F. Supp. 298 | 18 |
| 1983 | Fleming v. Preston (In Re Preston) | 47 B.R. 354 | 17 |
| 1983 | Davis v. City of Portsmouth, Va. | 579 F. Supp. 1205 | 16 |
| 1969 | Sood v. Advanced Computer Techniques Corporation | 308 F. Supp. 239 | 16 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 68 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 Richard Boykin Kellam?
- President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Richard Boykin Kellam to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in 1967.
- Was Richard Boykin Kellam appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Richard Boykin Kellam was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Richard Boykin Kellam's confirmation vote?
- Richard Boykin Kellam was confirmed by voice vote on August 18, 1967. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Richard Boykin Kellam on?
- Richard Boykin Kellam was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
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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28 years on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).