Judicial calendar 1979
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- Gordon C. Abel was appointed an associate judge of Iowa District Four.
- Shirley Abrahamson was re-elected to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
- Susan Borman, of the 3rd Circuit Court, Michigan, took office.
- Thomas M. Horan was appointed to Iowa District Six.
- Thomas Koehler was appointed to Iowa District Six.
- Joel D. Novak was appointed to Iowa District Five.
- Fred Santucci began service on the Supreme Court of the State of New York.
- Steven C. Schrader was appointed to Iowa District One as a magistrate.
- William J. Thatcher was appointed to Iowa District Two as a magistrate.
January
- January 15:
- January 28:
- Martin Van Oosterhout died, ending his service on the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit.
- January 31:
February
- February 5:
- Carl Weinman died, ending his service on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
- February 7:
- William Taylor assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
- February 16:
- William Frey died while serving on the United States District Court for the District of Arizona.
- February 26:
- Allen Barrow died, ending his service on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma.
March
- William Terry Denton joined the Blount County General Sessions Court, Tennessee.
- March 4:
- George Barlow died while serving on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
- March 11:
- Herbert Sorg died, ending his service on the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
- March 23:
- Robert Keeton received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
- Phyllis Kravitch received commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.
- John McNaught received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
- John Penn received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
- David Sutherland Nelson received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
- Abraham Sofaer received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
- Rya Zobel received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
- March 25:
- March 30:
- William Juergens was reassigned from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois.
- Frederick Kaess died, ending his service on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
- March 31:
- James Ackerman was reassigned to the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois.
- Harold Baker received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois.
- Robert Morgan was reassigned to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois.
- Henry Wise assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois.
April
- April 15:
- John Biggs died, ending his service on the United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit.
- April 23:
- April 26:
- David Belew received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
- Martin Loughlin received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire.
- Robert Parker received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
- Mary Lou Robinson received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
- Harold Sanders received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
- April 30:
- Alfred Kirkland assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
May
- May 10:
- Paul Hatfield received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Montana.
- May 11:
- Norman Black received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
- George Cire received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
- James DeAnda received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
- Joyce Green received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
- George Kazen received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
- Gabrielle McDonald received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
- William Overton received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas.
- Donald Porter received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota.
- Harold Vietor received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa.
- May 12:
- Russell Smith assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the District of Montana.
- May 16:
- May 29:
- John Wood died while serving on the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.
- May 30:
- Donald Edward Lane died, ending his service on the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.
June
- June 1:
- June 8:
- June 14:
- Cole Blease took oath of office for his position on the California Third District Court of Appeal.
- June 21:
- Valdemar Cordova received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Arizona.
- Frank Johnson, Jr. received commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.
- Amalya Kearse received commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit.
- Jon Newman received commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit.
- Dolores Sloviter received commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit.
- June 30:
July
- July 13:
- Robert Lanier Anderson received commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.
- Reynaldo Garza received commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.
- Albert Henderson received commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.
- Carolyn King received commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.
- Francis Murnaghan received commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit.
- Thomas Reavley received commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.
- July 24:
- Marvin Aspen received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
- Susan Black received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
- William Castagna received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
- Richard Conaboy received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
- Warren Eginton received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.
- Orinda Evans received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
- Lawrence Karlton received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.
- James Moran received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
- Sylvia Rambo received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
- Marvin Shoob received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
- Robert Vining received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
- July 26:
- Patricia Wald received commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
- July 31:
- William Jones died, ending his service on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
August
- August 20:
- Lloyd Burke assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
- Alexander Lawrence died while serving on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia.
- August 31:
September
- September 1:
- September 13:
- Robert Staker received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.
- September 17:
- Charles Fahy died, ending his service on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
- September 20:
- Matthew Perry received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.
- September 23:
- David Porter assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
- September 24:
- Timothy Hogan assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
- September 26:
- George Arceneaux received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
- Richard Bilby received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Arizona.
- Bailey Brown received commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit.
- Patrick Carr received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
- James Carrigan received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.
- Avern Cohn received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
- Richard Cudahy received commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit.
- Betty Binns Fletcher received commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.
- Benjamin Gibson received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan.
- Falcon Hawkins received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.
- Douglas Hillman received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan.
- Charles Weston Houck received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.
- William Hungate received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.
- Cornelia Kennedy received commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit.
- Abner Mikva received commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
- Stewart Newblatt received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
- John Parker received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana.
- Edward Reed received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.
- Howard Sachs received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.
- Mary Schroeder received commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.
- John Shaw received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.
- Otto Skopil received commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.
- Zita Weinshienk received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.
- Veronica Wicker received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
- Scott Wright received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.
- September 27:
- Joseph Farris received commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.
- James Giles received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
October
- October 1:
- October 5:
- Gene Brooks received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.
- Jerry Buchmeyer received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
- Edward Davis received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
- Hugh Gibson received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
- Lynn Higby received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida.
- Samuel Johnson, Jr. received commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.
- Nathaniel Jones received commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit.
- Shirley Jones received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.
- Robert Keeton received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
- George Mitchell received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Maine.
- James Paine received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
- Eugene Spellman received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
- October 6:
- Marshall Neill died while serving on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington.
- October 10:
- Adrian Spears received his commission to be a judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.
- October 31:
- Robert Firth assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
November
- November 2:
- Harold Ackerman received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
- Arthur Alarcon received commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.
- Alan Bloch received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
- Thomas Brett received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma.
- Juan Burciaga received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico.
- Barbara Crabb received her commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin.
- Dickinson Debevoise received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
- James Ellison received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma.
- Terence Evans received his commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
- Robert Hall received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
- Alcee Hastings received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
- Neal McCurn received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York.
- Harry Pregerson received commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.
- Scott Reed received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.
- Dale Saffels received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Kansas.
- Lee Sarokin received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
- Frank Seay received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.
- Stephanie Seymour received commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit.
- Anna Taylor received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
- Anne Thompson received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
- Lee West received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.
- November 18:
- James Marshall Carter died, ending his service on the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.
- November 20:
- Harold Leventhal, federal judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, passed away.
- November 27:
- Peter Beer received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
- William Bertelsman received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.
- Dudley Bowen received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia.
- Lucius Bunton received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.
- Warren Ferguson received commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.
- Harry Hudspeth received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.
- Cecil Poole received commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.
- Milton Schwartz received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.
- Elmer West assumed senior status on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana.
- Leo Brewster died, ending his service on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
December
- December 6:
- Juan Perez-Gimenez received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.
- Horace Ward received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
- David Winder received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Utah.
- December 8:
- Peirson Hall died, ending his service on the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
- December 10:
- Jose Cabranes received his commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit in New York City.
- Robert McNichols received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington.
- December 16:
- Murray Gurfein died while serving on the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit.
- December 20:
- Terry Hatter received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
- Dorothy Wright Nelson received commission to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.
- Edward Price received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.
- December 21:
- Richard Enslen received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan.
- William Kidd received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.
- Lyonel Senter received commission to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi.
- December 31:
