Who appointed William Marcellin Hoeveler?

President Jimmy Carter appointed William Marcellin Hoeveler to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida in 1977.

Was William Marcellin Hoeveler appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

William Marcellin Hoeveler was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was William Marcellin Hoeveler's confirmation vote?

William Marcellin Hoeveler was confirmed by voice vote on April 25, 1977. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Southern District of Florida / Appointed 1977 / Served to 2017

William Marcellin Hoeveler

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

Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1977 and confirmed by voice vote, William Marcellin Hoeveler was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1950. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1922–2017
Appointed by: Jimmy Carter, 1977
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Bucknell 1947 · Harvard Law School 1950
Succeeded: Peter Thorp Fay
Succeeded by: Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr.

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1977	Southern District of Florida succeeded Peter Thorp Fay	Carter (D)	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

Bucknell University	B.A.	1947
Harvard Law School	LL.B.	1950

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Hoeveler was assigned 3,201 district-court cases (1974–2014). Median time from filing to termination: 326 days across 3,199 closed cases.

Contract26%

Prisoner & habeas14%

Labor & ERISA12%

Civil rights12%

Personal-injury torts11%

Other federal statutes9%

Other17%

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 103 of Hoeveler’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 83 were affirmed, 10 reversed or vacated, and 10 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, Hoeveler authored 140 published opinions for the court (1977–2011). Most cited: Z.K. Marine, Inc. v. M/V Archigetis (153 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
1992	Z.K. Marine, Inc. v. M/V Archigetis	808 F. Supp. 1561	153
1991	In Re Sahlen & Associates, Inc. Securities Litigation	773 F. Supp. 342	59
1991	AmeriFirst Bank v. Bomar	757 F. Supp. 1365	58
1991	United States v. Noriega	764 F. Supp. 1480	44
1991	Scheck v. Burger King Corp.	756 F. Supp. 543	43
1992	Burger King Corp. v. Austin	805 F. Supp. 1007	33
1995	Bank Leumi Trust Co. of New York v. Lang	898 F. Supp. 883	32
1989	Allstate Insurance v. McCranie	716 F. Supp. 1440	32
1979	Zamora v. Columbia Broadcasting System	480 F. Supp. 199	29
1990	United States v. Noriega	746 F. Supp. 1506	28
1992	Scheck v. Burger King Corp.	798 F. Supp. 692	27
1991	State of Wisconsin Investment Board v. Plantation Square Associates, Ltd.	761 F. Supp. 1569	26
1990	Florida Insurance Guaranty Ass'n v. Carey Canada, Inc.	749 F. Supp. 255	20
1990	Zanzuri v. G.D. Searle & Co.	748 F. Supp. 1511	17
1990	Von Anhalt v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.	735 F. Supp. 1030	17

Showing the 15 most-cited of 140 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 Marcellin Hoeveler?: President Jimmy Carter appointed William Marcellin Hoeveler to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida in 1977.
Was William Marcellin Hoeveler appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: William Marcellin Hoeveler was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was William Marcellin Hoeveler's confirmation vote?: William Marcellin Hoeveler was confirmed by voice vote on April 25, 1977. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was William Marcellin Hoeveler on?: William Marcellin Hoeveler was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Sources

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