Who appointed Ann D. Montgomery?

President William J. Clinton appointed Ann D. Montgomery to the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota in 1996.

Was Ann D. Montgomery appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Ann D. Montgomery was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Ann D. Montgomery's confirmation vote?

Ann D. Montgomery was confirmed by voice vote on August 2, 1996. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

District of Minnesota / Appointed 1996 / Senior status since 2016

Ann D. Montgomery

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1996 and confirmed by voice vote, Ann D. Montgomery is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. She earned a law degree from University of Minnesota Law School in 1974. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1949 · age 77
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1996
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Kansas 1971 · University of Minnesota Law School 1974
Succeeded: Diana E. Murphy
Succeeded by: Nancy Ellen Brasel

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1996	District of Minnesota succeeded Diana E. Murphy	Clinton (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 Kansas	B.S.	1971
University of Minnesota Law School	J.D.	1974

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Montgomery was assigned 6,167 district-court cases (1992–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 138 days across 6,130 closed cases.

Personal-injury torts24%

Contract14%

Civil rights14%

Labor & ERISA9%

Prisoner & habeas8%

Property torts8%

Other22%

Case assignment is from CourtListener’s PACER-derived docket records: a partial sample, not a complete caseload, reflecting the judge last assigned each case. How we count.

On appeal

Of 314 of Montgomery’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 257 were affirmed, 28 reversed or vacated, and 29 affirmed in part and reversed in part. This is a historical count of appellate outcomes for cases we could match, not a judgment of the judge, and not a complete record. How we count.

In our data, Montgomery authored 101 published opinions for the court (1996–2011). Most cited: Reko v. Creative Promotions, Inc. (55 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
1999	Reko v. Creative Promotions, Inc.	70 F. Supp. 2d 1005	55
1998	In Re Ancor Communications, Inc.	22 F. Supp. 2d 999	30
1996	Johnson v. Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc.	940 F. Supp. 1447	26
2009	Teng Moua v. Jani-King of Minnesota, Inc.	613 F. Supp. 2d 1103	24
2001	Flaherty v. Halter	182 F. Supp. 2d 824	23
2000	Scheidecker v. Arvig Enterprises, Inc.	122 F. Supp. 2d 1031	19
2010	Ahle v. Veracity Research Co.	738 F. Supp. 2d 896	18
2009	Fair Isaac Corp. v. Experian Information Solutions Inc.	645 F. Supp. 2d 734	17
1998	Soo Line Railroad v. City of Minneapolis	38 F. Supp. 2d 1096	17
2010	Fair Isaac Corp. v. Experian Information Solutions Inc.	711 F. Supp. 2d 991	15
2007	Shqeirat v. US AIRWAYS, GROUP INC.	515 F. Supp. 2d 984	14
1998	Minnesota Ass'n of Nurse Anesthetists v. Unity Hospital	5 F. Supp. 2d 694	14
2009	Creekridge Capital, LLC v. Louisiana Hospital Center, LLC	410 B.R. 623	13
2007	In Re Nash Finch Co. Securities Litigation	502 F. Supp. 2d 861	13
1999	US West Communications, Inc. v. Minnesota Public Utilities Commission	55 F. Supp. 2d 968	13

Showing the 15 most-cited of 101 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 Ann D. Montgomery?: President William J. Clinton appointed Ann D. Montgomery to the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota in 1996.
Was Ann D. Montgomery appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Ann D. Montgomery was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Ann D. Montgomery's confirmation vote?: Ann D. Montgomery was confirmed by voice vote on August 2, 1996. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Ann D. Montgomery on?: Ann D. Montgomery is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota.

Sources

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