Who appointed William S. Duffey Jr.?

President George W. Bush appointed William S. Duffey Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia in 2004.

Was William S. Duffey Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

William S. Duffey Jr. was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was William S. Duffey Jr.'s confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed William S. Duffey Jr. 97–0 on June 16, 2004.

Northern District of Georgia / Appointed 2004 / Served to 2018

William S. Duffey Jr.

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

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2004 and confirmed by the Senate 97–0, William S. Duffey Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. He earned a law degree from University of South Carolina School of Law in 1977. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1952 · age 74
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2004
Confirmed: 97–0
Education: Drake 1973 · University of South Carolina Law 1977
Succeeded: J. Owen Forrester
Succeeded by: Jean-Paul Boulee

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2004	Northern District of Georgia succeeded J. Owen Forrester	G.W. Bush (R)	97–0

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 97–0 on June 16, 2004 · 108th Congress, Roll Call 121. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 97

46 D, 50 R, 1 I

Did not vote · 3

2 D, 1 R

Education

Drake University	B.A.	1973
University of South Carolina School of Law	J.D.	1977

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Duffey was assigned 4,634 district-court cases (1988–2018). Median time from filing to termination: 163 days across 4,624 closed cases.

Personal-injury torts17%

Prisoner & habeas17%

Civil rights14%

Other federal statutes10%

Contract10%

Real property9%

Other22%

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 221 of Duffey’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 178 were affirmed, 21 reversed or vacated, and 22 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, Duffey authored 58 published opinions for the court (2004–2011). Most cited: Fedrick v. MERCEDES-BENZ USA, LLC (82 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
2005	Fedrick v. MERCEDES-BENZ USA, LLC	366 F. Supp. 2d 1190	82
2004	Burnette v. Northside Hospital	342 F. Supp. 2d 1128	33
2010	White v. Baker	696 F. Supp. 2d 1289	20
2005	Brucks v. Coca-Cola Co.	391 F. Supp. 2d 1193	17
2008	J'CARPC, LLC v. Wilkins	545 F. Supp. 2d 1330	12
2007	WESI, LLC v. Compass Environmental, Inc.	509 F. Supp. 2d 1353	12
2006	In Re Roz Trading Ltd.	469 F. Supp. 2d 1221	11
2006	In Re Spectrum Brands, Inc. Securities Litigation	461 F. Supp. 2d 1297	10
2005	Hodach v. Caremark RX, Inc.	374 F. Supp. 2d 1222	10
2005	Slocumb v. Waffle House, Inc.	365 F. Supp. 2d 1332	10
2007	Smith v. Continental Casualty Co.	616 F. Supp. 2d 1286	9
2006	Bryant v. Jones	464 F. Supp. 2d 1273	8
2011	Amedisys Holding, LLC v. Interim Healthcare of Atlanta, Inc.	793 F. Supp. 2d 1302	7
2011	Securities & Exchange Commission v. Mannion	789 F. Supp. 2d 1321	7
2010	Atlanta Allergy and Asthma Clinic, Pa v. Allergy & Asthma of Atlanta, LLC	685 F. Supp. 2d 1360	6

Showing the 15 most-cited of 58 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 S. Duffey Jr.?: President George W. Bush appointed William S. Duffey Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia in 2004.
Was William S. Duffey Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: William S. Duffey Jr. was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was William S. Duffey Jr.'s confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed William S. Duffey Jr. 97–0 on June 16, 2004.
Which court was William S. Duffey Jr. on?: William S. Duffey Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Sources

Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.

How we source & reconcile data → Data & Sources

See something wrong? Report an error. Fixes are logged in the corrections log.

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