Who appointed Alfred Theodore Goodwin?

President Richard M. Nixon appointed Alfred Theodore Goodwin to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1971.

Was Alfred Theodore Goodwin appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Alfred Theodore Goodwin was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Alfred Theodore Goodwin's confirmation vote?

Alfred Theodore Goodwin was confirmed by voice vote on November 23, 1971. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Ninth Circuit / Appointed 1971 / Served to 2022

Alfred Theodore Goodwin

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

Appointed by President Richard M. Nixon in 1971 and confirmed by voice vote, Alfred Theodore Goodwin was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He earned a law degree from University of Oregon School of Law in 1951. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1923–2022
Appointed by: Richard M. Nixon, 1971
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Oregon 1947 · University of Oregon Law 1951
Succeeded: John Francis Kilkenny
Succeeded by: Andrew Jay Kleinfeld

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1969	District of Oregon succeeded John Francis Kilkenny	Nixon (R)	Voice vote
1971	Ninth Circuit succeeded John Francis Kilkenny	Nixon (R)	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 Oregon	B.A.	1947
University of Oregon School of Law	J.D.	1951

Judicial Record

In our data, Goodwin authored 30 published opinions for the court (1970–2011). Most cited: Manzarek v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance (1,798 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

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2008	Manzarek v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance	519 F.3d 1025	1,798
2008	Metzler Investment GMBH v. Corinthian Colleges, Inc.	540 F.3d 1049	568
2008	Sandoval-Luna v. Mukasey	526 F.3d 1243	368
2011	Fayer v. Vaughn	649 F.3d 1061	325
2010	Anthoine v. North Central Counties Consortium	605 F.3d 740	111
2010	Ta Chong Bank Ltd. v. Hitachi High Technologies America, Inc.	610 F.3d 1063	35
2011	United States v. Fitch	659 F.3d 788	34
2008	Brazil Quality Stones, Inc. v. Chertoff	531 F.3d 1063	28
1971	Goose Hollow Foothills League v. Romney	334 F. Supp. 877	28
2011	Haney v. Adams	641 F.3d 1168	25
2008	Trustees of the Southern California IBEW-NECA Pension Trust Fund v. Flores	519 F.3d 1045	21
1971	Black & Company v. Nova-Tech, Inc.	333 F. Supp. 468	18
1971	Hammond v. HOUSING AUTHORITY AND URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY OF LANE CTY.	328 F. Supp. 586	14
2008	Metzler Inv. GmbH v. Corinthian Colleges, Inc.	534 F.3d 1068	12
1971	American Timber & Trad. Co. v. First Nat. Bank of Oregon	334 F. Supp. 888	12

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 Alfred Theodore Goodwin?: President Richard M. Nixon appointed Alfred Theodore Goodwin to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1971.
Was Alfred Theodore Goodwin appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Alfred Theodore Goodwin was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Alfred Theodore Goodwin's confirmation vote?: Alfred Theodore Goodwin was confirmed by voice vote on November 23, 1971. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Alfred Theodore Goodwin on?: Alfred Theodore Goodwin was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

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51 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).