Terrence William Boyle
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1984 and confirmed by voice vote, Terrence William Boyle is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. He earned a law degree from American University, Washington College of Law in 1970. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1945 · age 81
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1984
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Brown 1967 · American, Washington College of Law 1970
- Succeeded
- Franklin Taylor Dupree Jr.
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Eastern District of North Carolina succeeded Franklin Taylor Dupree Jr. | 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
| Brown University | B.A. | 1967 |
| American University, Washington College of Law | J.D. | 1970 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Boyle was assigned 13,504 district-court cases (1970–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 234 days across 12,036 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 1,559 of Boyle’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 1,293 were affirmed, 166 reversed or vacated, and 100 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, Boyle authored 226 published opinions for the court (1984–2011). Most cited: Romero v. Mountaire Farms, Inc. (49 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Romero v. Mountaire Farms, Inc. | 796 F. Supp. 2d 700 | 49 |
| 1987 | Foyle Ex Rel. McMillan v. Lederle Laboratories | 674 F. Supp. 530 | 29 |
| 1996 | Glaxo Inc. v. Novopharm Ltd. | 931 F. Supp. 1280 | 28 |
| 1996 | Pierce v. King | 918 F. Supp. 932 | 26 |
| 1988 | Occidental Fire & Casualty Co. v. Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust Co. | 689 F. Supp. 564 | 25 |
| 2011 | United States v. Edwards | 777 F. Supp. 2d 985 | 19 |
| 2003 | North Carolina Shellfish Growers Ass'n v. Holly Ridge Associates, LLC | 278 F. Supp. 2d 654 | 19 |
| 1997 | Brown v. North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles | 987 F. Supp. 451 | 18 |
| 2000 | Cromartie v. Hunt | 133 F. Supp. 2d 407 | 16 |
| 1989 | United States v. Carolina Transformer Co., Inc. | 739 F. Supp. 1030 | 16 |
| 1989 | North Carolina Ex Rel. Long v. Alexander & Alexander Services, Inc. | 711 F. Supp. 257 | 16 |
| 1995 | Walston v. Walston | 190 B.R. 66 | 15 |
| 2011 | Wake County Board of Education v. Dow Roofing Sytems, LLC | 792 F. Supp. 2d 897 | 14 |
| 1998 | Sharpe v. MCI Telecommunications Corp. | 19 F. Supp. 2d 483 | 14 |
| 1997 | In Re FAC Realty Securities Litigation | 990 F. Supp. 416 | 14 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 226 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 Terrence William Boyle?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed Terrence William Boyle to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina in 1984.
- Was Terrence William Boyle appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Terrence William Boyle was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Terrence William Boyle's confirmation vote?
- Terrence William Boyle was confirmed by voice vote on April 24, 1984. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Terrence William Boyle on?
- Terrence William Boyle is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: The White House (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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42 years on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).