Albert Lee Stephens Sr.

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1937 and confirmed by voice vote, Albert Lee Stephens Sr. was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He earned a law degree from University of Southern California Law School (now Gould School of Law) in 1903. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived

1874–1965

Appointed by

Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1937

Confirmed

by voice vote

Education

University of Southern California Law School (now Gould Law) 1903

Succeeded by

Benjamin Cushing Duniway

Federal judicial service

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

Judicial Record

In our data, Stephens authored 2 published opinions for the court (1935–1936). Most cited: United States v. Carrillo (10 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Showing the 2 most-cited of 2 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 Albert Lee Stephens Sr.?

President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Albert Lee Stephens Sr. to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1937.

Was Albert Lee Stephens Sr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Albert Lee Stephens Sr. was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Albert Lee Stephens Sr.'s confirmation vote?

Albert Lee Stephens Sr. was confirmed by voice vote on June 15, 1937. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Which court was Albert Lee Stephens Sr. on?

Albert Lee Stephens Sr. was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

27 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).