U. W. Clemon
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1980 and confirmed by voice vote, U. W. Clemon was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. He earned a law degree from Columbia Law School in 1968. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1943 · age 83
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter, 1980
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Miles College 1965 · Columbia Law School 1968
- Succeeded by
- Abdul K. Kallon
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Northern 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
| Miles College | B.A. | 1965 |
| Columbia Law School | J.D. | 1968 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Clemon was assigned 5,502 district-court cases (1982–2008). Median time from filing to termination: 235 days across 5,502 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 28 of Clemon’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 22 were affirmed, 2 reversed or vacated, and 4 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, Clemon authored 55 published opinions for the court (1980–2008). Most cited: National Labor Relations Board v. Brada Miller Freight System, Inc. (In Re Brada Miller Freight System, Inc.) (21 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | National Labor Relations Board v. Brada Miller Freight System, Inc. (In Re Brada Miller Freight System, Inc.) | 16 B.R. 1002 | 21 |
| 1984 | Jackson v. People's Republic of China | 596 F. Supp. 386 | 13 |
| 1980 | Committee to Save the Fox Building v. Birmingham Branch of Federal Reserve Bank | 497 F. Supp. 504 | 12 |
| 2005 | Frazer v. CNA Insurance | 374 F. Supp. 2d 1067 | 11 |
| 1985 | United States v. State of Alabama | 628 F. Supp. 1137 | 8 |
| 1983 | Davis v. Construction Materials, a Division of Ancar Enterprises Inc. | 558 F. Supp. 697 | 8 |
| 1998 | United States v. Dollar | 25 F. Supp. 2d 1320 | 7 |
| 1980 | Birmingham Realty Co. v. General Services Administration | 497 F. Supp. 1377 | 7 |
| 1990 | Jackson v. Thigpen | 752 F. Supp. 1551 | 6 |
| 1981 | Rock Tours, Ltd. v. Does | 507 F. Supp. 63 | 6 |
| 1988 | McGinnis v. Ingram Equipment Co., Inc. | 685 F. Supp. 224 | 5 |
| 1983 | Rogers v. Schweiker | 558 F. Supp. 1358 | 5 |
| 1981 | Alabama Home Health Care, Inc. v. Schweiker | 527 F. Supp. 849 | 5 |
| 2004 | Callahan v. Haley | 313 F. Supp. 2d 1252 | 4 |
| 2001 | Borden v. Clement | 261 B.R. 275 | 4 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 55 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 U. W. Clemon?
- President Jimmy Carter appointed U. W. Clemon to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama in 1980.
- Was U. W. Clemon appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- U. W. Clemon was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was U. W. Clemon's confirmation vote?
- U. W. Clemon was confirmed by voice vote on June 26, 1980. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was U. W. Clemon on?
- U. W. Clemon was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.
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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28 years on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).