Who appointed Woodrow Bradley Seals?

President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Woodrow Bradley Seals to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas in 1966.

Was Woodrow Bradley Seals appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Woodrow Bradley Seals was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Woodrow Bradley Seals's confirmation vote?

Woodrow Bradley Seals was confirmed by voice vote on July 22, 1966. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Southern District of Texas / Appointed 1966 / Served to 1990

Woodrow Bradley Seals

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

Appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966 and confirmed by voice vote, Woodrow Bradley Seals was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. He earned a law degree from University of Texas School of Law in 1949. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1917–1990
Appointed by: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Texas Law 1949
Succeeded by: Ricardo H. Hinojosa

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1966	Southern District of Texas	L.B. Johnson (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 Texas School of Law

LL.B.

1949

Judicial Record

In our data, Seals authored 66 published opinions for the court (1967–1983). Most cited: Sullivan Ex Rel. Sullivan v. Houston Independent School District (51 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1969	Sullivan Ex Rel. Sullivan v. Houston Independent School District	307 F. Supp. 1328	51
1971	Bass Anglers Sportsman's Society v. U. S. Plywood-Champion Papers, Inc.	324 F. Supp. 302	35
1970	Mpiliris v. Hellenic Lines, Limited	323 F. Supp. 865	30
1972	Walker v. City of Houston	341 F. Supp. 1124	28
1980	In Re Alien Children Education Litigation	501 F. Supp. 544	23
1971	Bland v. KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN CORPORATION	338 F. Supp. 871	23
1974	Matthews v. Campbell Soup Company	380 F. Supp. 1061	18
1970	Cisneros v. Corpus Christi Independent School District	324 F. Supp. 599	18
1973	Taylor v. Armco Steel Corporation	373 F. Supp. 885	17
1983	Kutka v. Temporaries, Inc.	568 F. Supp. 1527	16
1973	Texasgulf, Inc. v. Canada Development Corporation	366 F. Supp. 374	16
1973	American General Insurance v. Federal Trade Commission	359 F. Supp. 887	16
1967	Petition of Porter	272 F. Supp. 282	16
1979	Gutierrez v. Raymond International, Inc.	484 F. Supp. 241	15
1970	Kirkaldy v. Alamo Chemical Transportation Co.	320 F. Supp. 631	15

Showing the 15 most-cited of 66 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 Woodrow Bradley Seals?: President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Woodrow Bradley Seals to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas in 1966.
Was Woodrow Bradley Seals appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Woodrow Bradley Seals was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Woodrow Bradley Seals's confirmation vote?: Woodrow Bradley Seals was confirmed by voice vote on July 22, 1966. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Woodrow Bradley Seals on?: Woodrow Bradley Seals was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

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