James Carroll Fox (November 6, 1928 – March 23, 2019) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina.
James Carroll Fox
North Carolina Eastern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
Born 1928 in Atchison, KS
Died 2019 in Wilmington, NC
FJC ID: 787
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 4/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 16/year
North Carolina Eastern District Court · 1982–2019
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Wilmington, North Carolina1958–1982
- New Hanover County, North CarolinaCounty attorney · 1967–1981
U.S. Army1951–1959
Law clerk , Hon. Don Gilliam · 1957–1958
Appointments
- 1982–2019 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
J.D. · 1957- University of North CarolinaB.S. · 1950