William Benner Enright
Appointed by President Richard M. Nixon in 1972 and confirmed by voice vote, William Benner Enright was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. He earned a law degree from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California in 1950. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1925–2020
- Appointed by
- Richard M. Nixon, 1972
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Dartmouth College 1947 · Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California 1950
- Succeeded
- John Clifford Wallace
- Succeeded by
- Marilyn L. Huff
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Southern District of California succeeded John Clifford Wallace | Nixon (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
| Dartmouth College | A.B. | 1947 |
| Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California | LL.B. | 1950 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Enright was assigned 1,811 district-court cases (1980–2000). Median time from filing to termination: 329 days across 1,811 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.
In our data, Enright authored 42 published opinions for the court (1974–1994). Most cited: United States v. Ruiz-Villanueva (47 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | United States v. Ruiz-Villanueva | 680 F. Supp. 1411 | 47 |
| 1990 | In Re MDC Holdings Securities Litigation | 754 F. Supp. 785 | 40 |
| 1988 | Lubin v. Sybedon Corp. | 688 F. Supp. 1425 | 37 |
| 1982 | Zatkin v. Primuth | 551 F. Supp. 39 | 31 |
| 1977 | Calhoun v. United States | 475 F. Supp. 1 | 30 |
| 1979 | United States v. Bello | 470 F. Supp. 723 | 21 |
| 1985 | Green v. Hughes Aircraft Co. | 630 F. Supp. 423 | 19 |
| 1976 | British Columbia Investment Co. v. Federal Deposit Insurance | 420 F. Supp. 1217 | 18 |
| 1985 | Koehler v. Pulvers | 614 F. Supp. 829 | 16 |
| 1976 | United States Ex Rel. Davis v. Long's Drugs, Inc. | 411 F. Supp. 1144 | 16 |
| 1987 | Holland v. Bank of America | 673 F. Supp. 1511 | 15 |
| 1990 | Brooktree Corp. v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | 757 F. Supp. 1101 | 14 |
| 1987 | Taxel v. Equity General Insurance (In Re Couch) | 80 B.R. 512 | 14 |
| 1983 | Insurance Co. of North America v. Virgilio | 574 F. Supp. 48 | 11 |
| 1984 | Oak Industries, Inc. v. Foxboro Co. | 596 F. Supp. 601 | 10 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 42 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 Benner Enright?
- President Richard M. Nixon appointed William Benner Enright to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California in 1972.
- Was William Benner Enright appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- William Benner Enright was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was William Benner Enright's confirmation vote?
- William Benner Enright was confirmed by voice vote on June 28, 1972. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was William Benner Enright on?
- William Benner Enright was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.
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 California (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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47 years on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).