Truman McGill Hobbs
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1980 and confirmed by voice vote, Truman McGill Hobbs was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. He earned a law degree from Yale Law School in 1948. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1921–2015
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter, 1980
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of North Carolina 1942 · Yale Law School 1948
- Succeeded by
- Ira DeMent
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Middle District of Alabama | Carter (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 North Carolina | A.B. | 1942 |
| Yale Law School | LL.B. | 1948 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Hobbs was assigned 555 district-court cases (1990–2013). Median time from filing to termination: 195 days across 555 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 39 of Hobbs’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 35 were affirmed, 3 reversed or vacated, and 1 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, Hobbs authored 80 published opinions for the court (1980–2002). Most cited: United States v. Dixon (51 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | United States v. Dixon | 672 F. Supp. 503 | 51 |
| 1991 | Alexander by Alexander v. Goldome Credit Corp. | 772 F. Supp. 1217 | 39 |
| 1983 | Joyner v. AAA Cooper Transportation | 597 F. Supp. 537 | 31 |
| 1982 | Boyd Bros. Transportation Co. v. Fireman's Fund Insurance Companies | 540 F. Supp. 579 | 25 |
| 1992 | Southern Christian Leadership Conference v. Evans | 785 F. Supp. 1469 | 22 |
| 1981 | Mitchell v. First Nat. Bank of Dozier | 505 F. Supp. 176 | 19 |
| 1980 | Central Alabama Paving, Inc. v. James | 499 F. Supp. 629 | 19 |
| 1985 | Magwood v. Smith | 608 F. Supp. 218 | 17 |
| 1988 | Thompson v. American States Insurance | 687 F. Supp. 559 | 15 |
| 1986 | E & W Building Material Co. v. American Savings & Loan Ass'n | 648 F. Supp. 289 | 15 |
| 1980 | Potter v. James | 499 F. Supp. 607 | 15 |
| 1981 | Adams v. James | 526 F. Supp. 80 | 14 |
| 1985 | Bottger v. Doss Aeronautical Services, Inc. | 609 F. Supp. 583 | 13 |
| 1982 | Alabama Great Southern Railroad Co. v. Eagerton | 541 F. Supp. 1084 | 13 |
| 1982 | Berry v. Andrews | 535 F. Supp. 1317 | 13 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 80 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 Truman McGill Hobbs?
- President Jimmy Carter appointed Truman McGill Hobbs to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama in 1980.
- Was Truman McGill Hobbs appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Truman McGill Hobbs was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Truman McGill Hobbs's confirmation vote?
- Truman McGill Hobbs was confirmed by voice vote on April 3, 1980. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Truman McGill Hobbs on?
- Truman McGill Hobbs was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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35 years on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).