Who appointed W. Allen Pepper Jr.?

President William J. Clinton appointed W. Allen Pepper Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi in 1999.

Was W. Allen Pepper Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

W. Allen Pepper Jr. was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was W. Allen Pepper Jr.'s confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed W. Allen Pepper Jr. 94–4 on June 30, 1999.

Northern District of Mississippi / Appointed 1999 / Served to 2012

W. Allen Pepper Jr.

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1999 and confirmed by the Senate 94–4, W. Allen Pepper Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi. He earned a law degree from University of Mississippi School of Law in 1968. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1941–2012
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1999
Confirmed: 94–4
Education: University of Mississippi 1963 · University of Mississippi Law 1968
Succeeded: Lyonel Thomas Senter Jr.
Succeeded by: Debra Marie Brown

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1999	Northern District of Mississippi succeeded Lyonel Thomas Senter Jr.	Clinton (D)	94–4

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 94–4 on June 30, 1999 · 106th Congress, Roll Call 190. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 94

45 D, 49 R

Voted against · 4

4 R

Did not vote · 2

2 R

Connie Mack(R-FL)
George Voinovich(R-OH)

Education

University of Mississippi	B.A.	1963
University of Mississippi School of Law	J.D.	1968

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Pepper was assigned 2,851 district-court cases (1966–2011). Median time from filing to termination: 231 days across 2,849 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas27%

Personal-injury torts23%

Contract18%

Civil rights14%

Other federal statutes5%

Property torts3%

Other10%

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 112 of Pepper’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 82 were affirmed, 23 reversed or vacated, and 7 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, Pepper authored 36 published opinions for the court (1999–2010). Most cited: Wiley v. Epps (18 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
2009	Wiley v. Epps	668 F. Supp. 2d 848	18
1999	Childs v. General Motors Corp.	73 F. Supp. 2d 669	11
2008	Walker v. Epps	587 F. Supp. 2d 763	8
2002	Whiting v. Tunica County	222 F. Supp. 2d 809	8
2001	Monsanto Co. v. Scruggs	249 F. Supp. 2d 746	8
2006	Conner v. American Public Life Insurance	448 F. Supp. 2d 762	7
2006	Holmes v. CITIFINANCIAL MORTGAGE CO. INC.	436 F. Supp. 2d 829	6
2005	Johnson v. Davidson Ladders, Inc.	403 F. Supp. 2d 544	6
2004	Monsanto Co. v. Scruggs	342 F. Supp. 2d 568	6
2001	James v. Chase Manhattan Bank	173 F. Supp. 2d 544	6
2001	Oktibbeha County School District v. Coregis Insurance	173 F. Supp. 2d 541	6
2007	Williams v. Riley	481 F. Supp. 2d 582	5
2007	Mississippi State Democratic Party v. Barbour	491 F. Supp. 2d 641	4
2005	Knight v. Kirby Inland Marine, Inc.	363 F. Supp. 2d 859	4
2004	Monsanto Co. v. Scruggs	342 F. Supp. 2d 584	4

Showing the 15 most-cited of 36 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 W. Allen Pepper Jr.?: President William J. Clinton appointed W. Allen Pepper Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi in 1999.
Was W. Allen Pepper Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: W. Allen Pepper Jr. was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was W. Allen Pepper Jr.'s confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed W. Allen Pepper Jr. 94–4 on June 30, 1999.
Which court was W. Allen Pepper Jr. on?: W. Allen Pepper Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi.

Sources

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