William Harold Albritton III
Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1991 and confirmed by voice vote, William Harold Albritton III is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. He earned a law degree from University of Alabama School of Law in 1960. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1936 · age 90
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush, 1991
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Alabama 1959 · University of Alabama Law 1960
- Succeeded
- Joel Fredrick Dubina
- Succeeded by
- William Keith Watkins
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Middle District of Alabama succeeded Joel Fredrick Dubina | G.H.W. Bush (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
| University of Alabama | B.A. | 1959 |
| University of Alabama School of Law | LL.B. | 1960 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Albritton was assigned 6,573 district-court cases (1988–2022). Median time from filing to termination: 191 days across 6,573 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 104 of Albritton’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 93 were affirmed, 6 reversed or vacated, and 5 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, Albritton authored 415 published opinions for the court (1991–2011). Most cited: Lane v. Ogden Entertainment, Inc. (57 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Lane v. Ogden Entertainment, Inc. | 13 F. Supp. 2d 1261 | 57 |
| 1998 | Godby v. Montgomery County Board of Education | 996 F. Supp. 1390 | 51 |
| 2002 | White v. Osmose, Inc. | 204 F. Supp. 2d 1309 | 39 |
| 2003 | Summit Medical Center of Alabama, Inc. v. Riley | 284 F. Supp. 2d 1350 | 38 |
| 1995 | Prescott v. Independent Life & Accident Insurance | 878 F. Supp. 1545 | 38 |
| 1998 | Gould v. National Life Insurance | 990 F. Supp. 1354 | 32 |
| 1996 | Patterson v. Augat Wiring Systems, Inc. | 944 F. Supp. 1509 | 30 |
| 1994 | Salter v. United States | 853 F. Supp. 389 | 29 |
| 2004 | Holt v. Rite Aid Corp. | 333 F. Supp. 2d 1265 | 28 |
| 2000 | Newman v. Spectrum Stores, Inc. | 109 F. Supp. 2d 1342 | 28 |
| 1998 | Merriweather v. Alabama Department of Public Safety | 17 F. Supp. 2d 1260 | 28 |
| 1998 | Ages Group, LP v. Raytheon Aircraft Co., Inc. | 22 F. Supp. 2d 1310 | 28 |
| 1996 | Perryman v. West | 949 F. Supp. 815 | 28 |
| 1995 | McMillian v. Johnson | 878 F. Supp. 1473 | 28 |
| 1999 | Hardy v. Town of Hayneville | 50 F. Supp. 2d 1176 | 27 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 415 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 William Harold Albritton III?
- President George H.W. Bush appointed William Harold Albritton III to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama in 1991.
- Was William Harold Albritton III appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- William Harold Albritton III was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was William Harold Albritton III's confirmation vote?
- William Harold Albritton III was confirmed by voice vote on May 9, 1991. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is William Harold Albritton III on?
- William Harold Albritton III is 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).