Robert Manley Parker
Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1994 and confirmed by voice vote, Robert Manley Parker 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 1964. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1937–2020
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton, 1994
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Texas 1961 · University of Texas Law 1964
- Succeeded
- Samuel D. Johnson Jr.
- Succeeded by
- Edward Charles Prado
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Eastern District of Texas | Carter (D) | Voice vote |
| 1994 | Fifth Circuit succeeded Samuel D. Johnson Jr. | 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 Texas | B.B.A. | 1961 |
| University of Texas School of Law | LL.B. | 1964 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Parker was assigned 1,461 district-court cases (1978–1994). Median time from filing to termination: 742 days across 1,461 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, Parker authored 37 published opinions for the court (1979–2007). Most cited: Cimino v. Raymark Industries, Inc. (34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Cimino v. Raymark Industries, Inc. | 751 F. Supp. 649 | 34 |
| 1981 | Hardy v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. | 509 F. Supp. 1353 | 31 |
| 1980 | Flatt v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. | 488 F. Supp. 836 | 26 |
| 1988 | Sierra Club v. Lyng | 694 F. Supp. 1260 | 20 |
| 1982 | Seamon v. Upham | 536 F. Supp. 931 | 20 |
| 1983 | Carter v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. | 557 F. Supp. 1317 | 18 |
| 1993 | Sierra Club v. Espy | 822 F. Supp. 356 | 16 |
| 1981 | Stanford v. McLean Trucking Co. | 506 F. Supp. 1252 | 15 |
| 1990 | Cimino v. Raymark Industries, Inc. | 739 F. Supp. 328 | 12 |
| 1994 | United States v. Ishmael | 843 F. Supp. 205 | 11 |
| 1983 | Seamon v. Upham | 563 F. Supp. 396 | 11 |
| 1979 | Dean v. Timpson Independent School District | 486 F. Supp. 302 | 11 |
| 1989 | Exxon Corp. v. Jarvis Christian College | 746 F. Supp. 652 | 10 |
| 1982 | Superior Oil Co. v. City of Port Arthur | 535 F. Supp. 916 | 9 |
| 1988 | Sierra Club v. Lyng | 694 F. Supp. 1256 | 8 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 37 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 Manley Parker?
- President William J. Clinton appointed Robert Manley Parker to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in 1994.
- Was Robert Manley Parker appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Robert Manley Parker was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Robert Manley Parker's confirmation vote?
- Robert Manley Parker was confirmed by voice vote on June 15, 1994. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Robert Manley Parker on?
- Robert Manley Parker 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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8 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).