Who appointed Willis B. Hunt Jr.?

President William J. Clinton appointed Willis B. Hunt Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia in 1995.

Was Willis B. Hunt Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Willis B. Hunt 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 Willis B. Hunt Jr.'s confirmation vote?

Willis B. Hunt Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on March 24, 1995. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Northern District of Georgia / Appointed 1995 / Senior status since 2005

Willis B. Hunt Jr.

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1995 and confirmed by voice vote, Willis B. Hunt Jr. is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. He earned a law degree from Emory University School of Law in 1954. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1932 · age 94
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1995
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Emory Law 1954
Succeeded: Horace Taliaferro Ward
Succeeded by: Timothy C. Batten Sr.

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1995	Northern District of Georgia succeeded Horace Taliaferro Ward	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

Emory University School of Law	LL.B.	1954
University of Virginia School of Law	LL.M.	1990

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Hunt was assigned 4,839 district-court cases (1991–2017). Median time from filing to termination: 222 days across 4,839 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas27%

Civil rights19%

Contract12%

Labor & ERISA11%

Personal-injury torts8%

Other federal statutes5%

Other18%

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 89 of Hunt’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 72 were affirmed, 15 reversed or vacated, and 2 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, Hunt authored 30 published opinions for the court (1996–2008). Most cited: Bute v. Schuller International Inc. (41 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
1998	Bute v. Schuller International Inc.	998 F. Supp. 1473	41
1998	Gearon & Co., Inc. v. Fulton County, Ga.	5 F. Supp. 2d 1351	21
1996	District 65 Retirement Trust for Members of the Bureau of Wholesale Sales Representatives v. Prudential Securities, Inc.	925 F. Supp. 1551	21
2002	Lomax v. Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society	228 F. Supp. 2d 1360	13
1998	Parker v. Johnson	988 F. Supp. 1474	10
2006	Jordan v. Equifax Information Services, LLC	410 F. Supp. 2d 1349	9
2004	Barton Southern Co., Inc. v. Manhole Barrier Systems, Inc.	318 F. Supp. 2d 1174	7
2003	Davis v. Williams Communications, Inc.	258 F. Supp. 2d 1348	7
1998	Telecomm Technical Services, Inc. v. Siemens Rolm Communications, Inc.	66 F. Supp. 2d 1306	7
2005	Canady v. Wisenbaker Law Offices, P.C.	372 F. Supp. 2d 1379	6
2003	Shimek v. Weissman, Nowack, Curry & Wilco, P.C.	323 F. Supp. 2d 1344	5
2000	Weaver v. Bonner	114 F. Supp. 2d 1337	5
1997	Computer Currents Publishing Corp. v. Jaye Communications, Inc.	968 F. Supp. 684	5
2005	Pinckney v. SLM Financial Corp.	433 F. Supp. 2d 1316	4
2004	Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Herbal Health Products, Inc.	311 F. Supp. 2d 1353	4

Showing the 15 most-cited of 30 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 Willis B. Hunt Jr.?: President William J. Clinton appointed Willis B. Hunt Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia in 1995.
Was Willis B. Hunt Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Willis B. Hunt 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 Willis B. Hunt Jr.'s confirmation vote?: Willis B. Hunt Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on March 24, 1995. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Willis B. Hunt Jr. on?: Willis B. Hunt Jr. is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Sources

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