Who appointed Terry L. Wooten?

President George W. Bush appointed Terry L. Wooten to the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina in 2001.

Was Terry L. Wooten appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Terry L. Wooten was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Terry L. Wooten's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Terry L. Wooten 98–0 on November 8, 2001.

District of South Carolina / Appointed 2001 / Senior status since 2019

Terry L. Wooten

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2001 and confirmed by the Senate 98–0, Terry L. Wooten is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina. He earned a law degree from University of South Carolina School of Law in 1980. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1954 · age 72
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2001
Confirmed: 98–0
Education: University of South Carolina 1976 · University of South Carolina Law 1980
Succeeded by: Joseph Dawson III

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2001	District of South Carolina	G.W. Bush (R)	98–0

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own.

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 98–0 on November 8, 2001 · 107th Congress, Roll Call 333. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 98

48 D, 49 R, 1 I

Did not vote · 2

2 D

Max Cleland(D-GA)
Zell Miller(D-GA)

Education

University of South Carolina	B.A.	1976
University of South Carolina School of Law	J.D.	1980

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Wooten was assigned 3,960 district-court cases (1991–2023). Median time from filing to termination: 290 days across 3,960 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas25%

Personal-injury torts14%

Civil rights13%

Contract13%

Labor & ERISA8%

Real property8%

Other19%

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 330 of Wooten’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 310 were affirmed, 17 reversed or vacated, and 3 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, Wooten authored 19 published opinions for the court (2003–2012). Most cited: Fisher v. Pelstring (32 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
2012	Fisher v. Pelstring	817 F. Supp. 2d 791	32
2010	Butler v. Ford Motor Co.	724 F. Supp. 2d 575	17
2003	Poeppel v. Hartford Life Insurance	273 F. Supp. 2d 714	9
2007	BRUNSON EX REL. BRUNSON v. Canal Ins. Co.	602 F. Supp. 2d 711	8
2011	MARY KAY INC. v. Ayres	827 F. Supp. 2d 584	6
2011	Auto Owners Insurance v. Personal Touch Med Spa, LLC	763 F. Supp. 2d 769	6
2009	Parkell v. South Carolina	687 F. Supp. 2d 576	6
2011	City of Ann Arbor Employees' Retirement System v. Sonoco Products Co.	827 F. Supp. 2d 559	5
2011	J & J Sports Productions, Inc. v. Brazilian Paradise, LLC	789 F. Supp. 2d 669	5
2010	Collins v. AUTO-OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY	759 F. Supp. 2d 728	5
2009	Ervin v. CONTINENTAL CONVEYOR & EQUIPMENT CO.	674 F. Supp. 2d 709	4
2009	HARDWICK EX REL. HARDWICK v. Heyward	674 F. Supp. 2d 725	3
2006	Ward v. City of North Myrtle Beach	457 F. Supp. 2d 625	3
2006	Northern Insurance v. 1996 Searay Model 370DA Yacht	453 F. Supp. 2d 905	2
2010	Joe Hand Promotions, Inc. v. Scott's End Zone, Inc.	759 F. Supp. 2d 742	1

Showing the 15 most-cited of 19 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 Terry L. Wooten?: President George W. Bush appointed Terry L. Wooten to the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina in 2001.
Was Terry L. Wooten appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Terry L. Wooten was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Terry L. Wooten's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Terry L. Wooten 98–0 on November 8, 2001.
Which court is Terry L. Wooten on?: Terry L. Wooten is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.

Sources

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24 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).