Wayne Edward Alley
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1985 and confirmed by voice vote, Wayne Edward Alley is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma. He earned a law degree from Stanford Law School in 1957. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1932 · age 94
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1985
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Stanford 1952 · Stanford Law School 1957
- Succeeded by
- Stephen P. Friot
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Western District of Oklahoma | 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
| Stanford University | A.B. | 1952 |
| Stanford Law School | J.D. | 1957 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Alley was assigned 3,596 district-court cases (1983–2004). Median time from filing to termination: 206 days across 3,596 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 10 of Alley’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 8 were affirmed, 2 reversed or vacated. 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, Alley authored 68 published opinions for the court (1986–2004). Most cited: Temex Energy, Inc. v. Hastie (In Re Amarex, Inc.) (40 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Temex Energy, Inc. v. Hastie (In Re Amarex, Inc.) | 96 B.R. 330 | 40 |
| 1986 | Massey v. City of Oklahoma City | 643 F. Supp. 81 | 35 |
| 1989 | Bayless v. Crabtree Through Adams | 108 B.R. 299 | 33 |
| 1993 | Bolton v. Scrivner, Inc. | 836 F. Supp. 783 | 25 |
| 2001 | State Auto Property & Casualty Insurance v. Midwest Computers & More | 147 F. Supp. 2d 1113 | 18 |
| 1998 | In Re Pappas & Rose, P.C. | 229 B.R. 815 | 15 |
| 1992 | Oklahoma Publishing Co. v. Kansas City Fire & Marine Insurance | 805 F. Supp. 905 | 15 |
| 1989 | Fischer v. Atlantic Richfield Co. | 774 F. Supp. 616 | 13 |
| 1997 | Loving v. Boren | 956 F. Supp. 953 | 12 |
| 1988 | Enterprise Management Consultants, Inc. v. United States Ex Rel. Hodel | 685 F. Supp. 221 | 10 |
| 1994 | Plotner v. AT & T | 172 B.R. 337 | 9 |
| 1994 | Comanche Indian Tribe of Oklahoma v. Hovis | 847 F. Supp. 871 | 8 |
| 1989 | Massachusetts Bay Insurance v. Gordon | 708 F. Supp. 1232 | 8 |
| 1997 | United States v. Wilson | 973 F. Supp. 1031 | 7 |
| 1996 | United States Ex Rel. Aranda v. Community Psychiatric Centers of Oklahoma, Inc. | 945 F. Supp. 1485 | 7 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 68 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 Wayne Edward Alley?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed Wayne Edward Alley to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma in 1985.
- Was Wayne Edward Alley appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Wayne Edward Alley was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Wayne Edward Alley's confirmation vote?
- Wayne Edward Alley was confirmed by voice vote on July 10, 1985. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Wayne Edward Alley on?
- Wayne Edward Alley is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: Administrative Office of the United States Courts (The Third Branch newsletter) (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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41 years on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).