Who appointed William Terrell Hodges?

President Richard M. Nixon appointed William Terrell Hodges to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida in 1971.

Was William Terrell Hodges appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

William Terrell Hodges 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 Terrell Hodges's confirmation vote?

William Terrell Hodges was confirmed by voice vote on December 11, 1971. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Middle District of Florida / Appointed 1971 / Served to 2022

William Terrell Hodges

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Appointed by President Richard M. Nixon in 1971 and confirmed by voice vote, William Terrell Hodges was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. He earned a law degree from University of Florida College of Law (now Fredric G. Levin College of Law) in 1958. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1934–2022
Appointed by: Richard M. Nixon, 1971
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Florida 1956 · University of Florida College of Law (now Fredric G. Levin College of Law) 1958
Succeeded: Joseph Patrick Lieb
Succeeded by: James D. Whittemore

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1971	Middle District of Florida succeeded Joseph Patrick Lieb	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

University of Florida	B.S.B.A.	1956
University of Florida College of Law (now Fredric G. Levin College of Law)	J.D.	1958

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Hodges was assigned 12,041 district-court cases (1973–2019). Median time from filing to termination: 206 days across 12,041 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas46%

Civil rights12%

Contract11%

Personal-injury torts8%

Labor & ERISA6%

Social Security5%

Other13%

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 1,006 of Hodges’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 909 were affirmed, 67 reversed or vacated, and 30 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, Hodges authored 105 published opinions for the court (1972–2011). Most cited: American Honda Motor Co. v. Motorcycle Information Network, Inc. (45 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	American Honda Motor Co. v. Motorcycle Information Network, Inc.	390 F. Supp. 2d 1170	45
1974	Roess v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company	383 F. Supp. 1231	41
1988	Lazzara Oil Co. v. Columbia Casualty Co.	683 F. Supp. 777	34
1994	Cafe 207, Inc. v. St. Johns County	856 F. Supp. 641	27
1990	Industrial Indemnity Insurance v. Crown Auto Dealerships, Inc.	731 F. Supp. 1517	27
1973	Shiffman v. Askew	359 F. Supp. 1225	27
2007	Garcia Ex Rel. Estate of Garcia v. Vanguard Car Rental USA, Inc.	510 F. Supp. 2d 821	26
2004	Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Royal Oak Enterprises, Inc.	344 F. Supp. 2d 1358	26
1981	Darden v. Wainwright	513 F. Supp. 947	24
1972	Crawford v. Fargo Manufacturing Co.	341 F. Supp. 762	24
2007	New Lenox Industries, Inc. v. Fenton	510 F. Supp. 2d 893	23
1997	Lussier v. STATE OF FLA., DEPT. OF HWY. SAFETY AND MOTOR VEHICLES	972 F. Supp. 1412	20
1994	Adler v. Duval County School Board	851 F. Supp. 446	20
2002	North American Products Corp. v. Moore	196 F. Supp. 2d 1217	19
2002	Gonzalez-Jimenez De Ruiz v. United States	231 F. Supp. 2d 1187	17

Showing the 15 most-cited of 105 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 Terrell Hodges?: President Richard M. Nixon appointed William Terrell Hodges to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida in 1971.
Was William Terrell Hodges appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: William Terrell Hodges 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 Terrell Hodges's confirmation vote?: William Terrell Hodges was confirmed by voice vote on December 11, 1971. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was William Terrell Hodges on?: William Terrell Hodges was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

Sources

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