Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr.
Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1993 and confirmed by voice vote, Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. He earned a law degree from Howard University School of Law in 1968. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1938–2003
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton, 1993
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Florida A&M 1960 · Howard Law 1968
- Succeeded
- William Marcellin Hoeveler
- Succeeded by
- Marcia G. Cooke
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Southern District of Florida succeeded William Marcellin Hoeveler | Clinton (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
| Florida A&M University | B.S. | 1960 |
| Howard University School of Law | J.D. | 1968 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Ferguson was assigned 3,181 district-court cases (1987–2003). Median time from filing to termination: 253 days across 3,181 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 22 of Ferguson’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 21 were affirmed, 1 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, Ferguson authored 35 published opinions for the court (1994–2002). Most cited: Cramer v. Chiles (28 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Cramer v. Chiles | 33 F. Supp. 2d 1342 | 28 |
| 1994 | Paul v. Avril | 901 F. Supp. 330 | 25 |
| 1999 | First Montauk Securities Corp. v. Four Mile Ranch Development Co. | 65 F. Supp. 2d 1371 | 19 |
| 1997 | Prado v. L. Luria & Son, Inc. | 975 F. Supp. 1349 | 18 |
| 1995 | Federal Trade Commission v. Wilcox | 926 F. Supp. 1091 | 15 |
| 1999 | Federal Trade Commission v. Slimamerica, Inc. | 77 F. Supp. 2d 1263 | 12 |
| 1998 | Banco Latino v. Gomez Lopez | 17 F. Supp. 2d 1327 | 12 |
| 1996 | Marriott Corp. v. Simkins Industries, Inc. | 929 F. Supp. 396 | 8 |
| 2001 | Demyan v. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada | 148 F. Supp. 2d 1316 | 7 |
| 1996 | Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Dolphin Cruise Line, Inc. | 945 F. Supp. 1550 | 7 |
| 1998 | Steadfast Insurance v. Sheridan Children's Healthcare Services, Inc. | 34 F. Supp. 2d 1364 | 5 |
| 1997 | Feldman v. Palmetto General Hospital, Inc. | 980 F. Supp. 467 | 5 |
| 2002 | Slattery v. Neumann | 200 F. Supp. 2d 1367 | 4 |
| 2000 | Pannu v. Iolab Corp. | 96 F. Supp. 2d 1359 | 3 |
| 1999 | Abbey v. Bill Ussery Motors, Inc. | 74 F. Supp. 2d 1217 | 3 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 35 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 Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr.?
- President William J. Clinton appointed Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida in 1993.
- Was Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Wilkie D. Ferguson 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 Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr.'s confirmation vote?
- Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on November 20, 1993. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. on?
- Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
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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9 years on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).