Robert Malcolm McRae Jr.
Appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966 and confirmed by voice vote, Robert Malcolm McRae Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. He earned a law degree from University of Virginia School of Law in 1948. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1921–2004
- Appointed by
- Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Vanderbilt 1943 · University of Virginia Law 1948
- Succeeded
- Marion Speed Boyd
- Succeeded by
- Jerome Turner
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Western District of Tennessee succeeded Marion Speed Boyd | 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
| Vanderbilt University | B.A. | 1943 |
| University of Virginia School of Law | LL.B. | 1948 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, McRae was assigned 574 district-court cases (1983–1994). Median time from filing to termination: 232 days across 573 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, McRae authored 61 published opinions for the court (1967–1993). Most cited: Wimbley v. Bolger (74 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Wimbley v. Bolger | 642 F. Supp. 481 | 74 |
| 1976 | United States v. Velsicol Chemical Corp. | 438 F. Supp. 945 | 38 |
| 1993 | Hays v. Patton-Tully Transportation Co. | 844 F. Supp. 1221 | 32 |
| 1993 | Williams v. Express Airlines I, Inc. | 825 F. Supp. 831 | 30 |
| 1977 | Smith v. Edmiston | 431 F. Supp. 941 | 28 |
| 1983 | Tolbert v. City of Memphis, Tenn. | 568 F. Supp. 1285 | 22 |
| 1986 | Samuels v. Heckler | 668 F. Supp. 656 | 18 |
| 1983 | Equal Employent Opportunity Commission v. City of Memphis | 581 F. Supp. 179 | 18 |
| 1985 | Media General, Inc. v. Tanner | 625 F. Supp. 237 | 14 |
| 1985 | Carefree Vacations, Inc. v. Brunner | 615 F. Supp. 211 | 14 |
| 1976 | Equitable Life Assur. Soc. of US v. Grosvenor | 426 F. Supp. 67 | 14 |
| 1975 | White v. Hughes | 409 F. Supp. 1005 | 11 |
| 1971 | Pace Co., Div. of AMBAC I., Inc. v. DEPARTMENT OF ARMY OF US | 344 F. Supp. 787 | 11 |
| 1988 | Metmor Financial, Inc. v. Bailey (In Re Bailey) | 111 B.R. 151 | 10 |
| 1975 | In Re Air Crash Disaster at New Orleans, Etc. | 422 F. Supp. 1166 | 10 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 61 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 Robert Malcolm McRae Jr.?
- President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Robert Malcolm McRae Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee in 1966.
- Was Robert Malcolm McRae Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Robert Malcolm McRae Jr. was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Robert Malcolm McRae Jr.'s confirmation vote?
- Robert Malcolm McRae Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on October 20, 1966. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Robert Malcolm McRae Jr. on?
- Robert Malcolm McRae Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee.
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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37 years on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).