William Theodore Moore Jr.
Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1994 and confirmed by voice vote, William Theodore Moore Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia. He earned a law degree from University of Georgia School of Law in 1964. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1940 · age 86
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton, 1994
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Georgia Law 1964
- Succeeded
- Anthony A. Alaimo
- Succeeded by
- R. Stan Baker
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Southern District of Georgia succeeded Anthony A. Alaimo | Clinton (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
| Georgia Military College | A.A. | 1960 |
| University of Georgia School of Law | LL.B. | 1964 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Moore was assigned 4,068 district-court cases (1989–2023). Median time from filing to termination: 225 days across 4,062 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.
On appeal
Of 300 of Moore’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 257 were affirmed, 28 reversed or vacated, and 15 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, Moore authored 39 published opinions for the court (1995–2011). Most cited: D.L. Lee & Sons, Inc. v. ADT Security Systems, Mid-South, Inc. (20 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | D.L. Lee & Sons, Inc. v. ADT Security Systems, Mid-South, Inc. | 916 F. Supp. 1571 | 20 |
| 1997 | AmeriGas Propane, L.P. v. T-Bo Propane, Inc. | 972 F. Supp. 685 | 13 |
| 2000 | Ralk v. Lincoln County, Ga. | 81 F. Supp. 2d 1372 | 12 |
| 1996 | Washington v. Alaimo | 934 F. Supp. 1395 | 12 |
| 1997 | Helmly v. Stone Container Corp. | 957 F. Supp. 1274 | 9 |
| 1995 | Mattive v. Healthsource of Savannah, Inc. | 893 F. Supp. 1559 | 9 |
| 2000 | Hubbard v. All States Relocation Services, Inc. | 114 F. Supp. 2d 1374 | 8 |
| 1995 | Stewart v. United States | 903 F. Supp. 1540 | 7 |
| 1995 | Munn v. MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF SAVANNAH | 906 F. Supp. 1577 | 7 |
| 2007 | United States v. Coastal Utilities, Inc. | 483 F. Supp. 2d 1232 | 6 |
| 2000 | Boyce v. Augusta-Richmond County | 111 F. Supp. 2d 1363 | 6 |
| 2006 | In Re Attorneys at Law and Debt Relief Agencies | 353 B.R. 318 | 5 |
| 2001 | Southeastern Bank v. Brown | 266 B.R. 900 | 5 |
| 1999 | McClendon v. May | 37 F. Supp. 2d 1371 | 5 |
| 1996 | Booth v. Quantum Chemical Corp. | 942 F. Supp. 580 | 5 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 39 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 Theodore Moore Jr.?
- President William J. Clinton appointed William Theodore Moore Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia in 1994.
- Was William Theodore Moore Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- William Theodore Moore Jr. was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was William Theodore Moore Jr.'s confirmation vote?
- William Theodore Moore Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on October 7, 1994. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was William Theodore Moore Jr. on?
- William Theodore Moore Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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29 years on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).