Who appointed Brian Theadore Stewart?

President William J. Clinton appointed Brian Theadore Stewart to the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah in 1999.

Was Brian Theadore Stewart appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Brian Theadore Stewart was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Brian Theadore Stewart's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Brian Theadore Stewart 93–5 on October 5, 1999.

District of Utah / Appointed 1999 / Senior status since 2014

Brian Theadore Stewart

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

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1999 and confirmed by the Senate 93–5, Brian Theadore Stewart is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah. He earned a law degree from University of Utah College of Law (now S.J. Quinney College of Law) in 1975. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1948 · age 78
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1999
Confirmed: 93–5
Education: Utah State 1972 · University of Utah College of Law (now S.J. Quinney College of Law) 1975
Succeeded: John Thomas Greene Jr.
Succeeded by: Howard Curtis Nielson Jr.

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1999	District of Utah succeeded John Thomas Greene Jr.	Clinton (D)	93–5

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own.

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 93–5 on October 5, 1999 · 106th Congress, Roll Call 308. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 93

39 D, 54 R

Voted against · 5

5 D

Did not vote · 2

1 D, 1 R

Max Baucus(D-MT)
Connie Mack(R-FL)

Education

Utah State University	B.S.	1972
University of Utah College of Law (now S.J. Quinney College of Law)	J.D.	1975

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Stewart was assigned 3,122 district-court cases (1984–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 305 days across 2,981 closed cases.

Contract15%

Civil rights14%

Personal-injury torts10%

Prisoner & habeas10%

Intellectual property9%

Other civil matters9%

Other32%

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 215 of Stewart’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 176 were affirmed, 24 reversed or vacated, and 15 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, Stewart authored 47 published opinions for the court (2000–2011). Most cited: United States v. Engstrum (34 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
2009	United States v. Engstrum	609 F. Supp. 2d 1227	34
2004	Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Ass'n v. C.R. England, Inc.	325 F. Supp. 2d 1252	18
2007	Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Assoc., Inc. v. C.R. England, Inc.	508 F. Supp. 2d 972	13
2007	North v. Ford Motor Co.	505 F. Supp. 2d 1113	11
2011	Miller v. Corinthian Colleges, Inc.	769 F. Supp. 2d 1336	10
2006	Carter v. Friel	415 F. Supp. 2d 1314	10
2010	Shannon's Rainbow, LLC v. Supernova Media, Inc.	683 F. Supp. 2d 1261	9
2004	United States v. Montgomery	324 F. Supp. 2d 1266	9
2000	CORP. OF EPISCOPAL CHURCH v. West Valley City	119 F. Supp. 2d 1215	8
2000	United States v. Pearl	89 F. Supp. 2d 1237	8
2007	Utah v. Eli Lilly and Co.	509 F. Supp. 2d 1016	7
2007	In Re Nature's Sunshine Products Securities Litigation	486 F. Supp. 2d 1301	7
2007	Sensitron, Inc. v. Wallace	504 F. Supp. 2d 1180	7
2005	Tripodi v. Microculture, Inc.	397 F. Supp. 2d 1308	5
2001	Lantec, Inc. v. Novell, Inc.	146 F. Supp. 2d 1140	5

Showing the 15 most-cited of 47 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 Brian Theadore Stewart?: President William J. Clinton appointed Brian Theadore Stewart to the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah in 1999.
Was Brian Theadore Stewart appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Brian Theadore Stewart was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Brian Theadore Stewart's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Brian Theadore Stewart 93–5 on October 5, 1999.
Which court is Brian Theadore Stewart on?: Brian Theadore Stewart is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah.

Sources

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