William Leonard Hungate
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1979 and confirmed by voice vote, William Leonard Hungate was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1948. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1922–2007
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter, 1979
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Missouri 1943 · Harvard Law School 1948
- Succeeded by
- Carol E. Jackson
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Eastern District of Missouri | 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
| University of Missouri | A.B. | 1943 |
| Harvard Law School | LL.B. | 1948 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Hungate was assigned 150 district-court cases (1985–1992). Median time from filing to termination: 260 days across 149 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, Hungate authored 89 published opinions for the court (1980–1992). Most cited: Liddell v. Board of Educ. of City of St. Louis (28 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Liddell v. Board of Educ. of City of St. Louis | 567 F. Supp. 1037 | 28 |
| 1986 | Taylor-Morley-Simon, Inc. v. Michigan Mut. Ins. Co. | 645 F. Supp. 596 | 21 |
| 1985 | Mosby v. Boatmen's Bank (In Re Mosby) | 61 B.R. 636 | 19 |
| 1983 | Hechenberger v. Western Elec. Co., Inc. | 570 F. Supp. 820 | 15 |
| 1981 | Ray v. United States Dept. of Justice | 508 F. Supp. 724 | 14 |
| 1989 | Morris v. American Nat. Can Corp. | 730 F. Supp. 1489 | 12 |
| 1992 | Conopco, Inc. v. May Dept. Stores Co. | 784 F. Supp. 648 | 11 |
| 1990 | Hurt v. Dow Chemical Co. | 759 F. Supp. 556 | 11 |
| 1989 | Hunter v. Mitek Industries | 721 F. Supp. 1102 | 11 |
| 1987 | In Re Hops Antitrust Litigation | 655 F. Supp. 169 | 11 |
| 1982 | Breiner Equipment Co. v. Dynaquip, Inc. | 539 F. Supp. 204 | 11 |
| 1985 | Valiant-Bey v. Morris | 620 F. Supp. 903 | 10 |
| 1985 | Lee v. Union Elec. Co. | 606 F. Supp. 316 | 10 |
| 1981 | Teel v. American Steel Foundries | 529 F. Supp. 337 | 10 |
| 1981 | Continental Ins. Co. v. Washeon Corp. | 524 F. Supp. 34 | 10 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 89 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 Leonard Hungate?
- President Jimmy Carter appointed William Leonard Hungate to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri in 1979.
- Was William Leonard Hungate appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- William Leonard Hungate was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was William Leonard Hungate's confirmation vote?
- William Leonard Hungate was confirmed by voice vote on September 25, 1979. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was William Leonard Hungate on?
- William Leonard Hungate was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: The original uploader was Sclarkson at English Wikipedia. (CC BY-SA 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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12 years on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).