Tom Stewart Lee
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1984 and confirmed by voice vote, Tom Stewart Lee is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. He earned a law degree from University of Mississippi School of Law in 1965. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1941 · age 85
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1984
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Mississippi College 1963 · University of Mississippi Law 1965
- Succeeded
- Dan Monroe Russell Jr.
- Succeeded by
- Daniel Porter Jordan III
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Southern District of Mississippi succeeded Dan Monroe Russell 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
| Mississippi College | B.A. | 1963 |
| University of Mississippi School of Law | J.D. | 1965 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Lee was assigned 7,965 district-court cases (1975–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 236 days across 7,778 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 242 of Lee’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 200 were affirmed, 28 reversed or vacated, and 14 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, Lee authored 533 published opinions for the court (1984–2012). Most cited: Bank One, N.A. v. Coates (106 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Bank One, N.A. v. Coates | 125 F. Supp. 2d 819 | 106 |
| 1987 | Johnson v. Craft | 673 F. Supp. 191 | 58 |
| 1992 | Lawrence v. Jackson MacK Sales, Inc. | 837 F. Supp. 771 | 41 |
| 1989 | Moore v. Interstate Fire Insurance | 717 F. Supp. 1193 | 32 |
| 2000 | Blakeley v. United Cable System | 105 F. Supp. 2d 574 | 29 |
| 1994 | Bingham v. Terminix International Co. | 850 F. Supp. 516 | 29 |
| 1988 | Crouch v. General Electric Co. | 699 F. Supp. 585 | 29 |
| 1994 | American States Insurance v. F.H.S., Inc. | 843 F. Supp. 187 | 27 |
| 1986 | Thatcher v. Brennan | 657 F. Supp. 6 | 27 |
| 1986 | Liston v. Home Insurance | 659 F. Supp. 276 | 27 |
| 2000 | Raesly v. Grand Housing, Inc. | 105 F. Supp. 2d 562 | 25 |
| 2001 | Beneficial National Bank, U.S.A. v. Payton | 214 F. Supp. 2d 679 | 23 |
| 1998 | Phillips v. New England Mutual Life Insurance | 36 F. Supp. 2d 345 | 23 |
| 1984 | State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Universal Underwriters Insurance | 601 F. Supp. 286 | 23 |
| 2002 | Ott v. Consolidated Freightways Corp. of Delaware | 213 F. Supp. 2d 662 | 21 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 533 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 Tom Stewart Lee?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed Tom Stewart Lee to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi in 1984.
- Was Tom Stewart Lee appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Tom Stewart Lee was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Tom Stewart Lee's confirmation vote?
- Tom Stewart Lee was confirmed by voice vote on June 11, 1984. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Tom Stewart Lee on?
- Tom Stewart Lee is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.
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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42 years on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).