William Henry Barbour Jr.
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1983 and confirmed by voice vote, William Henry Barbour Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. He earned a law degree from University of Mississippi School of Law in 1966. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1941–2021
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1983
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Princeton 1963 · University of Mississippi Law 1966
- Succeeded
- William Harold Cox
- Succeeded by
- Carlton Wayne Reeves
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Southern District of Mississippi succeeded William Harold Cox | 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
| New York University School of Law | ||
| Princeton University | B.A. | 1963 |
| University of Mississippi School of Law | J.D. | 1966 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Barbour was assigned 5,910 district-court cases (1961–2018). Median time from filing to termination: 252 days across 5,903 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 72 of Barbour’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 56 were affirmed, 5 reversed or vacated, and 11 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, Barbour authored 316 published opinions for the court (1983–2011). Most cited: Pridgen v. Green Tree Financial Servicing Corp. (59 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Pridgen v. Green Tree Financial Servicing Corp. | 88 F. Supp. 2d 655 | 59 |
| 1993 | Federal Deposit Insurance v. Cage | 810 F. Supp. 745 | 41 |
| 2000 | Campbell v. McMillin | 83 F. Supp. 2d 761 | 37 |
| 1987 | Martin v. Allain | 658 F. Supp. 1183 | 37 |
| 2001 | Rushing v. Kansas City Southern Ry. Co. | 194 F. Supp. 2d 493 | 35 |
| 1986 | Evans v. Thigpen | 631 F. Supp. 274 | 34 |
| 1983 | Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Allstate Insurance | 570 F. Supp. 1224 | 30 |
| 1995 | Morrison v. National Benefit Life Insurance | 889 F. Supp. 945 | 27 |
| 1987 | Schoonover v. West American Insurance | 665 F. Supp. 511 | 27 |
| 1990 | Wheeler v. Frito-Lay, Inc. | 743 F. Supp. 483 | 25 |
| 1985 | Federal Deposit Ins. Corp. v. Gardner | 606 F. Supp. 1484 | 23 |
| 2001 | First Family Financial Services, Inc. v. Fairley | 173 F. Supp. 2d 565 | 22 |
| 1985 | Paul v. International Precious Metals Corp. | 613 F. Supp. 174 | 22 |
| 1999 | Horne v. Time Warner Operations, Inc. | 119 F. Supp. 2d 624 | 21 |
| 1995 | McDaniel v. Mississippi Baptist Medical Center | 877 F. Supp. 321 | 21 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 316 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 Henry Barbour Jr.?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed William Henry Barbour Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi in 1983.
- Was William Henry Barbour Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- William Henry Barbour Jr. was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was William Henry Barbour Jr.'s confirmation vote?
- William Henry Barbour Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on April 21, 1983. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was William Henry Barbour Jr. on?
- William Henry Barbour Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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37 years on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).