Sam Blakeley Hall Jr.
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1985 and confirmed by voice vote, Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. He earned a law degree from Baylor University School of Law in 1948. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1924–1994
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1985
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Baylor Law 1948
- Succeeded
- Joseph Jefferson Fisher
- Succeeded by
- David Folsom
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Eastern District of Texas succeeded Joseph Jefferson Fisher | Reagan (R) | 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
| College of Marshall (now East Texas Baptist University) | A.A. | 1942 |
| Baylor University School of Law | LL.B. | 1948 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Hall was assigned 691 district-court cases (1980–1993). Median time from filing to termination: 400 days across 691 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.
On appeal
Of 11 of Hall’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 4 were affirmed, 1 reversed or vacated, and 6 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, Hall authored 26 published opinions for the court (1986–1993). Most cited: Commercial Credit Corp. v. Reed (26 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Commercial Credit Corp. v. Reed | 154 B.R. 471 | 26 |
| 1993 | Texas Instruments Inc. v. Micron Semiconductor, Inc. | 815 F. Supp. 994 | 25 |
| 1990 | United States v. R.A. Corbett Transport, Inc. | 785 F. Supp. 81 | 12 |
| 1990 | Resolution Trust Corp. v. Filippone | 745 F. Supp. 404 | 10 |
| 1992 | Box v. Ameritrust Texas, N.A. | 810 F. Supp. 776 | 9 |
| 1992 | Johnson v. Bekins Van Lines Co. | 808 F. Supp. 545 | 9 |
| 1993 | Dollar v. General Motors Corp. | 814 F. Supp. 538 | 8 |
| 1992 | Calloway v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. | 800 F. Supp. 1444 | 7 |
| 1987 | Bell v. Lynbaugh | 663 F. Supp. 405 | 7 |
| 1986 | Brown v. Cliff's Drilling Co. | 638 F. Supp. 1009 | 6 |
| 1986 | Johnson v. Adams | 629 F. Supp. 1563 | 6 |
| 1992 | Ellison v. Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm | 807 F. Supp. 39 | 5 |
| 1989 | Giles v. Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad | 712 F. Supp. 542 | 5 |
| 1992 | Richardson v. Oldham | 811 F. Supp. 1186 | 4 |
| 1990 | Murray v. Mount Pleasant Independent School District | 754 F. Supp. 535 | 4 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 26 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 Sam Blakeley Hall Jr.?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in 1985.
- Was Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Sam Blakeley Hall Jr.'s confirmation vote?
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on May 3, 1985. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. on?
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: Unknown authorUnknown author (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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8 years on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).